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ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2023

Subjective Social Status and Longitudinal Changes in Systemic Inflammation.

Emily J Jones, Anna L Marsland, Thomas E Kraynak, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Peter J Gianaros

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Article in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily J JonesDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8176-9185
Anna L MarslandDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8951-7513
Thomas E KraynakDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0510-0866
Elizabeth Votruba-DrzalDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0708-1205
Peter J GianarosDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2313-5277
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Substrates of Threat and Reward Sensitivity and CVD RiskP01HL040962 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GIANAROS, PETER J · 1988 to 2022
$31.1M
CARDIOVASCULAR BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007560 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Peter J Gianaros, REBECCA C THURSTON · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Neurobiological pathways linking stress and emotion to atherosclerosisR01HL089850 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GIANAROS, PETER J · 2008 to 2016
$4.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL040962NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089850NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSubjective social status (SSS) refers to a person's perception of their social rank relative to others and is cross-sectionally linked to systemic inflammation independently of objective socioeconomic status. PURPOSE: We test the extent to which SSS relates to multiyear changes in inflammation, or if associations differ by race or sex.

methodsHealthy adults (N = 331; 30-51 years) completed a baseline visit and 278 participants returned for a second visit 2.85 years later. At both visits, participants underwent a fasting blood draw and completed community (SSSC) and US (SSSUS) versions of the MacArthur Scale. Multiple linear regression analyses examined change in interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) predicted by each type of SSS, adjusting for time between visits, sex, race, age, body mass index, smoking, baseline inflammation, and objective socioeconomic status. Additional analyses further adjusted for hopelessness and depressive symptoms. Interactions examined moderations by sex and race.

resultsLower SSSC was longitudinally associated with greater IL-6 independently of all covariates, including education and income (β = -0.06), hopelessness (β = -0.06), and depressive symptoms (β = -0.06). Lower SSSUS was longitudinally associated with greater IL-6 independently of demographic covariates including education and income (β = -0.06), but was slightly attenuated after adjusting for hopelessness (β = -0.06) and depressive symptoms (β = -0.06). There were no associations for CRP or moderation by race or sex.

conclusionsLower SSS may be associated with greater circulating markers of inflammation over time as suggested by increases in IL-6.

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Interleukin-6Social StatusAdultC-Reactive ProteinHumansInflammationSocial ClassC-Reactive ProteinInterleukin-6C-reactive proteinInflammationInterleukin-6Socioeconomic statusSubjective social status

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PMID37549189
PMCPMC10578390
OpenAlexW4385622433

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