[HTML][HTML] Towards a consensus definition of allostatic load: a multi-cohort, multi-system, multi-biomarker individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis

C McCrory, S McLoughlin, R Layte… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Allostatic load (AL) is a multi-system composite index for quantifying
physiological dysregulation caused by life course stressors. For over 30 years, an extensive …

Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality between and within countries in Europe: a population-based study

S Vaccarella, D Georges, F Bray… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in cancer is a priority for the public health
agenda. A systematic assessment and benchmarking of socioeconomic inequalities in …

[HTML][HTML] How important are genes to achieve longevity?

C Caruso, ME Ligotti, G Accardi, A Aiello… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several studies on the genetics of longevity have been reviewed in this paper. The results
show that, despite efforts and new technologies, only two genes, APOE and FOXO3A …

[KIRJA][B] Health inequality: an introduction to concepts, theories and methods

M Bartley, M Kelly-Irving - 2024 - books.google.com
The persistence of stark health inequalities in today's world is painfully clear to see, not least
in the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling life expectancy in many parts of the world …

Physical fitness plays a crucial mediator role in relationships among personal, social, and lifestyle factors with adolescents' cognitive performance in a structural …

V Lemes, AR Gaya, KP Sadarangani… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The beneficial relationship between physical fitness and cognitive performance
is affected and modulated by a wide diversity of factors that seem to be more sensitive …

[PDF][PDF] Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2020

M Mattila - Kalevi Sorsa-säätiö, 2020 - sorsafoundation.fi
Raportin luvut perustuvat viimeisimpään tutkimustietoon tulo-ja varallisuuseroista,
terveyseroista, eriarvoisuudesta koulutuksessa, eriarvoisuuden periytymisestä, tulojen …

COVID-19 as a syndemic

E Courtin, P Vineis - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There are several reasons why the paper by Logette et al.(1) on the complex metabolic
pathways underlying the clinical course of COVID-19 is innovative and important. They …

Framework for understanding health inequalities over the life course: the embodiment dynamic and biological mechanisms of exogenous and endogenous origin

M Kelly-Irving, C Delpierre - J Epidemiol Community Health, 2021 - jech.bmj.com
Understanding how structural, social and psychosocial factors come to affect our health
resulting in health inequalities is more relevant now than ever as trends in mortality gaps …

Applying a life course biological age framework to improving the care of individuals with adult cancers: review and research recommendations

JS Mandelblatt, TA Ahles, ME Lippman, C Isaacs… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The practice of oncology will increasingly involve the care of a growing
population of individuals with midlife and late-life cancers. Managing cancer in these …

A plea for the need to investigate the health effects of gig-economy

A Freni-Sterrantino, V Salerno - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The gig economy is a rising phenomenon globally where gig workers are contractors for
pieces of jobs ('gigs') which are mainly agreed upon via digital platforms for different …