Associations of epigenetic aging with self-rated health, access to care, and healthcare utilization in a representative sample of United States adults
Our findings reinforce previous reports linking better health status to lower epigenetic aging and provide new evidence of associations of epigenetic aging with measures of healthcare access and utilization. If validated, these findings suggest that epigenetic aging biomarkers may be useful in studying disease processes and assessing health outcomes related to access and utilization.
Authors
- Jamaji C. Nwanaji‐Enwerem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-4867)
- Nicole Gladish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-7001)
- Belinda L. Needham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5939-2027)
- Saher Daredia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-4087)
- Dennis Khodasevich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1412-8251)
- Andrés Cárdenas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-3298)
- Hanyang Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3273-9777)
- Anne K. Bozack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-5767)
- David H. Rehkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7597-6513)
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Berkeley Public Health Division (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Epigenetics
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-025-01887-z
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.42
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities