@article{0e88900fae6f42c5a2d029cbe40ad42f,
title = "Socioeconomic status and biological markers of health: An examination of adults in the United States and Taiwan",
abstract = "Objective: The study documents whether socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in biological risk are more widely observed and larger in the United States than Taiwan. Method: Data come from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study in Taiwan and the Midlife in the United States study. We use regression analyses to test whether four summary measures of biological risk are significantly related to categorical measures of education, income, and subjective social status among four country-sex-specific subgroups. Results: Physiological dysregulation is significantly, negatively related to SES in both the United States and Taiwan, especially for males. The prevalence and magnitude of the relationships are similar in the two countries: 12 of 24 possible SES-biological summary score relationships are significant in the United States and 11 of 24 are significant in Taiwan. Discussion: Overall, SES differentials in biological risk do not appear to be more widely observed or larger in the United States than in Taiwan.",
keywords = "biological markers, physiological dysregulation, socioeconomic status, Taiwan, United States",
author = "Cornman, {Jennifer C.} and Glei, {Dana A.} and Noreen Goldman and Ryff, {Carol D.} and Maxine Weinstein",
note = "Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by and the SEBAS was funded by the National Institute on Aging (Grants R01AG16790 and R01AG16661). The Health Promotion Administration (HPA), Department of Health, Taiwan provided additional financial support for SEBAS 2000. This work was further supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Grant R24HD047879). Funding for the Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging (TLSA) came from the Taiwan Department of Health, the Taiwan National Health Research Institute (Grant DD01-86IX-GR601S) and the Taiwan Provincial Government. The MIDUS I study (Midlife in the United States) was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development. The MIDUS II research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging (P01-AG020166) to conduct a longitudinal follow-up of the MIDUS I investigation. The research was further supported by the following grants: M01-RR023942 (Georgetown), M01-RR00865 (University of California Los Angeles) from the General Clinical Research Centers Program; and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institute of Health (UL1TR000427). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2014.",
year = "2015",
month = feb,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1177/0898264314538661",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "75--102",
journal = "Journal of Aging and Health",
issn = "0898-2643",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "1",
}