Impact of psychosocial stress in early life on pace of aging in young adulthood
Our findings suggest that exposure to disadvantaged psychosocial environments in early life is associated with accelerated biological aging in young adulthood. Racial differences in stress exposure partially explain disparities in aging, underscoring the importance of early interventions to reduce health disparities across the life course.
Authors
- Kai Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0393-5955)
- Daniel W. Belsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5463-2212)
- Shaoyong Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-2760)
- Yutao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2870-4504)
- Xiaoling Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7024-2173)
- Tené T. Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3905-8931)
Institutions
- University of North Texas (US)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Emory University (US)
- University of North Texas Health Science Center (US)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Augusta University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Epigenetics
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-025-02002-y
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- National Institutes of Health