Association of Neighborhood #Disadvantage in Childhood With #DNA Methylation in Young Adulthood
DNA methylation has been proposed as an epigenetic mechanism by which the childhood neighborhood environment may have implications for the genome that compromise adult health.. ..A total of 1619 participants (806 female individuals [50%]) had complete neighborhood and DNA methylation data. Children raised in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods exhibited differential DNA methylation in genes involved in inflammation (β = 0.12; 95% CI, 0.06-0.19; P < .001) and smoking (β = 0.18; 95% … Continue reading Association of Neighborhood #Disadvantage in Childhood With #DNA Methylation in Young Adulthood