Cross-Sectional (n=10,974)
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Gender and educational disparities in systemic inflammation (CRP) narrow with increasing age in older adults, while racial/ethnic disparities remain constant.
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.
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Mitchell et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in Systemic inflammation (n=10,974). Age, race/ethnicity, gender, and education was evaluated on C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.
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