Link between Social Status and Ageing
July 27th 2006 05:52
Link between Social Status and Ageing
A report in last week’s New Scientist describes that people from lower socio-economic groups (in manual jobs) are more likely to die earlier than others from heart attacks, strokes and cancer due to cells ageing prematurely.
A study of women twins at St Thomas’ Hospital in London revealed that cells from the twin with an unskilled job aged faster. These women’s cells were around 7 years “older” than their counterparts who were working in non-manual jobs.
The leader of this study, Tim Spector, believes that the psychological stress that comes with low socio-economic status might drive cellular ageing. He says, “The greater psychological stress of being in a low social class, with more people above you in the food chain and less control over your life, is the unseen hand that might mean more stress at cellular level.”
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A report in last week’s New Scientist describes that people from lower socio-economic groups (in manual jobs) are more likely to die earlier than others from heart attacks, strokes and cancer due to cells ageing prematurely.
The leader of this study, Tim Spector, believes that the psychological stress that comes with low socio-economic status might drive cellular ageing. He says, “The greater psychological stress of being in a low social class, with more people above you in the food chain and less control over your life, is the unseen hand that might mean more stress at cellular level.”
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