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Current Marital Status and Epigenetic Clocks Among Older Adults in the United States: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Abstract
Objectives:
This study examines how current marital status is associated with epigenetic aging.
Methods:
Data from the 2016 Health and Retirement Study were used to examine
marital status differences in the four epigenetic clocks, that is, GrimAge, DunedinPoAm, PhenoAge, and Zhang (N = 3765). Weighted ordinary least square regression models were estimated separately for men and women.
Results:
Remarried, cohabiting, divorced/separated and widowed older adults
showed greater epigenetic aging than the continuously married similarly
among men and women. Distinct sex difference was observed among the
never married. While never-married women exhibited greater epigenetic
aging than their continuously married counterparts, older men in
lifelong singlehood showed comparable epigenetic aging to their
continuously married peers.
Discussion:
The findings speak to the
importance of marital context for epigenetic aging in later life and
the biological risk associated with lifelong single hood for older women
in the US.
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