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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ageing Res Rev. 2018 Jul 23;47:89–104. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2018.07.006

Table 4:

Neighborhood Stressors (n=11)

Neighborhood Topic (N) Age Group Group N TL from blood, qPCR Single sex sample From same study Test moderator Longit.* Signif. TL Assoc. Direction of Assoc. Articles
Built Environment (6) Infants / children 1 0/1 0/1 N/A 0/1 0/1 1/1 1 negative (high disorder, shorter TL), as expected Theall et al 2013
Middle-aged adults 1 1/1 0/1 N/A 1/1 sex (Assoc. sig. only for women) 0/1 1/1 1 negative (high problems, shorter TL), as expected (for females only) Gebreab et al 2016
Middle-aged and older 3 3/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 3/3 3 negative (lower quality, shorter TL), as expected Geronimus et al 2015; Needham et al 2014; Park et al 2015
Older adults 1 1/1 0/1 N/A 0/1 0/1 0/1 N/A Yen & Lung 2013
Economic Environment (5) Infants / children 1 0/1 0/1 N/A 0/1 0/1 1/1 1 negative (higher poverty, shorter TL), as expected Theall et al 2013
Middle-aged and older 4 4/4 1/4 0/4 2/4 age (n.s.) 0/4 0/4 N/A Batty et al 2009; Needham et al 2014; Robertson et al 2012; Shiels et al 2011
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Longitudinal includes studies that have measures of stressors over time and TL at one time point, as well as studies that have multiple measures of both TL and stressor