@article {6493, title = {Social Inequalities in Inflammation: Age Variations in Older Persons.}, journal = {J Aging Health}, volume = {29}, year = {2017}, month = {2017 Aug}, pages = {769-787}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE: Systemic inflammation is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and inequalities by race/ethnicity, gender, and education have been documented. However, there is incomplete knowledge as to how these disparities present across age, especially in late life. This study assesses whether differences in C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, are contingent on age among older persons.

METHOD: Data are from the 2006/2008 Health and Retirement Study ( n = 10,974) biomarker assessment. CRP was regressed on interactions between age and other status characteristics.

RESULTS: Racial/ethnic differences in inflammation do not vary significantly by age. However, gender and education differences are greatest at younger ages and then narrow steadily with increasing age.

DISCUSSION: There is considerable heterogeneity in how disparities in inflammation present across age and characteristics such as race/ethnicity, gender, and education. Understanding status differences in the influence of age on factors affecting late-life health is useful for health disparities research.

}, keywords = {Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers, C-reactive protein, Female, Health Status Disparities, Humans, Inflammation, Male, Middle Aged, Racial Groups, Self Report, Socioeconomic factors}, issn = {1552-6887}, doi = {10.1177/0898264316645546}, url = {http://jah.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/04/24/0898264316645546.abstract}, author = {Uchechi A Mitchell and Carol S Aneshensel} } @article {7446, title = {Urban neighborhood context and mortality in late life.}, journal = {J Aging Health}, volume = {22}, year = {2010}, month = {2010 Mar}, pages = {197-218}, publisher = {22}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE: To examine the contextual effects of urban neighborhood characteristics on mortality among older adults.

METHOD: Data are from the Study of Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD). Death is assessed between the baseline assessment (1993) and the first follow-up interview (1995). Neighborhood data are from the 1990 Census.

RESULTS: The log odds of dying between the two time points are higher in high proportion Hispanic neighborhoods, net of individual-level sociodemographic variables, but this effect is partly mediated by individual-level health. The log odds of dying are significantly (p < .05) lower in affluent neighborhoods, controlling for all individual-level variables and neighborhood proportion Hispanic.

DISCUSSION: There are survival-related benefits of living in an affluent urban neighborhood, which we posit may be manifested through the diffusion of innovations in health care and health-promotion activities.

}, keywords = {Age Factors, Aged, Aging, Cognition, Confidence Intervals, depression, Female, Health Status, Humans, Los Angeles, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Odds Ratio, Poverty, Psychometrics, Residence Characteristics, Self Report, Socioeconomic factors, Statistics as Topic, Urban Population}, issn = {1552-6887}, doi = {10.1177/0898264309355980}, author = {Richard G Wight and Janet R. Cummings and Arun S Karlamangla and Carol S Aneshensel} }