Low Income Status and Low Education Level are Linked to Increased Inflammation

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Low Income Status and Low Education Level are Linked to Increased

Inflammation

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Reference: " Socioeconomic position, race/ethnicity, and inflammation in

the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, " Ranjit N, Diez-Roux AV, et

al, Circulation, 2007; 116(21): 2383-90. (Address: Center for Social

Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

48104, USA. E-mail: nranjit@... ).

Summary: In a cross-sectional study involving 6,814 male and female

subjects between the ages of 45 and 84 years, low income level and low

educational level were found to be associated with higher degrees of

inflammation. Potential associations between household income and

education levels with levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6

were investigated through race- and ethnicity-stratified regression

analyses. Results found that in all race and ethnic groups (blacks,

whites, Hispanics, Chinese), persons with low-income levels had higher

concentrations of interleukin-6. A reduction in income of approximately

$40,000 was associated with 6-9% higher levels of interleukin-6 and

C-reactive protein. Among only whites and blacks, those with lower

education levels were found to have higher levels of interleukin-6.

Similar associations were found for C-reactive protein levels. The

researchers found that, " Adiposity was the single most important factor

explaining socioeconomic posi tion associations, especially among blacks

and whites. " These results suggest that being of a low socioeconomic

class in the U.S is associated with having elevated levels of

inflammation, which may explain the relationship that has been found

between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease risk.

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