Longitudinal Changes in Epigenetic Age Acceleration Across Childhood and Adolescence
The transition from childhood to adolescence may represent a sensitive developmental period when racism can have long-term deleterious impacts on healthy human development across the life span. Future research should build on the present study and interrogate which social regularities and policies may be perpetuating discrimination against ethnically and racially minoritized adolescents.
Authors
- Steve W. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7168-8039)
- Colin D. Freilich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-7520)
- Kristian E. Markon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7230-9694)
- Connor D. Martz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-0729)
- Gianna Rea‐Sandin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-7277)
- Juan Del Toro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8625-026X)
- Sylia Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-524X)
- Robert F. Krueger
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Twin Cities Orthopedics (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3669
- Citations
- 22
- Primary Topic
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.14