Epigenetic mediators between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and mid-life body mass index: The new England family study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1053-1065

  Loucks, Eric B ^a   Huang, Yen Tsung ^a   Agha, Golareh ^b   Chu, Su ^a   Eaton, Charles B ^a,c   Gilman, Stephen E ^b,d   Buka, Stephen L ^a   Kelsey, Karl T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

adiposity; body mass index; DNA methylation; epigenetics; socioeconomic disadvantage; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

DNA; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEURITIN 1; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 88; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84992013429     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000411     Document Type: Article

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