Author:
Bao Yanchun,Gorrie-Stone Tyler,Hannon Eilis,Hughes Amanda,Andrayas Alexandria,Neilson Grant,Burrage Joe,Mill Jonathon,Schalkwyk Leonard,Kumari Meena
Abstract
AbstractDisadvantaged socio-economic position (SEP) is associated with greater biological age, relative to chronological age, measured by DNA methylation (positive ‘age acceleration’, AA). Social mobility has been proposed to ameliorate health inequalities. This study aimed to understand the association of social mobility with positive AA. Diagonal reference modelling and ordinary least square regression techniques were applied to explore social mobility and four measures of age acceleration (first-generation: ‘Horvath’, ‘Hannum’ and second-generation: ‘Phenoage’, DunedinPoAm) in n = 3140 participants of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Disadvantaged SEP in early life is associated with positive AA for three (Hannum, Phenoage and DunedinPoAm) of the four measures examined while the second generation biomarkers are associated with SEP in adulthood (p < 0.01). Social mobility was associated with AA measured with Hannum only such that compared to no mobility, upward mobility was associated with greater age independently of origin and destination SEP. Compared to continuously advantaged groups, downward mobility was associated with positive Phenoage (1.06y [− 0.03, 2.14]) and DunedinPoAm assessed AA (0.96y [0.24, 1.68]). For these two measures, upward mobility was associated with negative AA (Phenoage, − 0.65y [− 1.30, − 0.002]; DunedinPoAm, − 0.96y [− 1.47, − 0.46]) compared to continually disadvantaged groups. While we find some support for three models of lifecourse epidemiology with early life as a sensitive period, SEP across the lifecourse and social mobility for age acceleration measured with DNA methylation, our findings suggest that disadvantaged SEP across the lifecourse is most consistently associated with positive AA.
Funder
Economic and Social Research Council
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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