2022
DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Individual and Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Wang Y, Zhao W, Ammous F, Song Y, Du J, Shang L, Ratliff S, Moore K, Kelly K, Needham B, Roux A, Liu Y, Butler K, Kardia S, Mukherjee B, Zhou X, Smith J. DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Individual and Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2022, 9: 848768. PMID: 35665255, PMCID: PMC9162507, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.848768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexCardiovascular risk factorsNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisNeighborhood-level disadvantagePoor cardiovascular healthSocioeconomic statusSocioeconomic disadvantageRisk factorsCardiovascular healthAssociated with poor cardiovascular healthSocial disadvantageAdult socioeconomic statusBody mass index adjustmentAssociations of individual-HDL-CPrincipal components of ancestryGenetic principal componentsMeasures of obesityLow socioeconomic statusPopulation-based cohortMulti-Ethnic StudyStudy of AtherosclerosisHDL-C associationHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol
2021
Exposure and risk factors for COVID-19 and the impact of staying home on Michigan residents
Wu K, Hornsby W, Klunder B, Krause A, Driscoll A, Kulka J, Bickett-Hickok R, Fellows A, Graham S, Kaleba E, Hayek S, Shi X, Sutton N, Douville N, Mukherjee B, Jamerson K, Brummett C, Willer C. Exposure and risk factors for COVID-19 and the impact of staying home on Michigan residents. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0246447. PMID: 33556117, PMCID: PMC7870003, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican AmericansAnnual household income <Worsening health behaviorsLong-term health outcomesHousehold income <Low socioeconomic statusExposure to family membersHigher overall concernHigh riskExposure to familyHigh risk of contracting COVID-19Positive COVID-19 testLow-income groupsHealth behaviorsHealth outcomesRates of COVID-19 casesRental housingSocioeconomic statusClinical careRisk of contracting COVID-19COVID-19 preventionChronic diseasesInequality gapState of MichiganCOVID-19 cases
2015
Life course socioeconomic status and DNA methylation in genes related to stress reactivity and inflammation: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Needham B, Smith J, Zhao W, Wang X, Mukherjee B, Kardia S, Shively C, Seeman T, Liu Y, Roux A. Life course socioeconomic status and DNA methylation in genes related to stress reactivity and inflammation: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Epigenetics 2015, 10: 958-969. PMID: 26295359, PMCID: PMC4844216, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1085139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisAssociated with DNA methylationSocioeconomic statusStress-related genesMulti-Ethnic StudyStudy of AtherosclerosisDNA methylationLow adult socioeconomic statusLife course socioeconomic statusLow childhood socioeconomic statusMeasures of socioeconomic statusAdult socioeconomic statusSocial patterning of diseaseChildhood socioeconomic statusGene expressionLow socioeconomic statusLife course measuresAssociated with gene expressionInflammation-related genesFunctional consequences of alterationsDNA methylation measurementsNon-HispanicHispanic participantsPotential functional consequencesEpigenetic data