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Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence - Molecular Psychiatry

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By Muna AnNisa Aikins, Colter Mitchell
| Nature Verified
Abstract Marginalization due to structural racism may confer an increased risk for aging-related diseases – in part – via effects on people’s mental health. Here we leverage a prospective birth cohort study to examine whether the emergence of racial disparities in mental health and DNA-methylation measures of biological aging (i.e., DunedinPACE, GrimAge Acceleration, PhenoAge Acceleration) are linked across childhood and adolescence.
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Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence

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By Colter Mitchell, Bridget J. Goosby, Muna AnNisa Aikins, Yayouk Eva Willems
| biorxiv.org
Abstract Marginalization due to structural racism may confer an increased risk for aging-related diseases in part via effects on peoples mental health. Here we leverage a prospective birth cohort study to examine whether the emergence of racial disparities in mental health and DNA-methylation measures of biological aging (i.e., DunedinPACE, GrimAge Acceleration, PhenoAge Acceleration) are linked across childhood and adolescence.
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