Mariana Rodrigues, Jemar R Bather, Adolfo G Cuevas
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Relationship stress and epigenetic age acceleration among older U.S. adults in the Midlife in the United States study.
Background: Chronic interpersonal stress has been linked to accelerated biological aging, but questions remain about which relationship stress domains may be most consequential during midlife.
Research design and methods: Linear regression models quantified the cross-sectional associations between domain-specific relationship stressors (marital risk, partner strain, family strain, friendship strain) and next-generation epigenetic clocks (DunedinPACE and GrimAge2) in 1,310 midlife adults from the Midlife in the United States study (mean age = 51, SD = 13).
Results: Controlling for sociodemographic and health behaviors, we found that friendship strain was uniquely associated with accelerated aging (GrimAge2: 0.03 SD increase, 95% CI: 0.01, 0.05, p = 0.003; DunedinPACE: 0.05 SD increase, 95% CI: 0.01, 0.09, p = 0.030). No statistically significant associations were observed for the other stressors with GrimAge2 or DunedinPACE in fully adjusted models.
Conclusions: These findings identify friendship strain as a potential specific risk factor for accelerated biological aging in midlife. Future research should investigate behavioral and physiological mechanisms linking friendship quality to cellular aging.
期刊介绍:
Epigenomics provides the forum to address the rapidly progressing research developments in this ever-expanding field; to report on the major challenges ahead and critical advances that are propelling the science forward. The journal delivers this information in concise, at-a-glance article formats – invaluable to a time constrained community.
Substantial developments in our current knowledge and understanding of genomics and epigenetics are constantly being made, yet this field is still in its infancy. Epigenomics provides a critical overview of the latest and most significant advances as they unfold and explores their potential application in the clinical setting.