Genetic endowments, parental resources and adult health : Evidence from the Young Finns Study
Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Lehtimäki, T., Pitkänen, N., & Raitakari, O. (2017). Genetic endowments, parental resources and adult health : Evidence from the Young Finns Study. Social Science and Medicine, 188, 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.030
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This paper uses longitudinal survey data linked to administrative registers to examine socioeconomic gradients in health, particularly whether the effects of genetic endowments interact with the socioeconomic resources of the parental household. We find that genetic risk scores contribute to adult health measured by biomarkers. This result is consistent with the findings from genome-wide association studies. Socioeconomic gradients in health differ based on biomarker and resource measures. Family education is negatively related to obesity and the waist-hip ratio, and family income is negatively related to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Parental resources do not modify the effects of genetic endowment on adult health. However, there is evidence for gene-family income interactions for triglyceride levels, particularly among women.
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The Young Finns Study has been financially supported by the Academy of Finland: grants 286284 (for T.L.), 134309 (Eye), 126925, 121584, 124282, 129378 (Salve), 117787 (Gendi), and 41071 (Skidi); 293120 (Strategic Research Council funding for the project Work, Inequality and Public Policy); the Social Insurance Institution of Finland; Kuopio, Tampere and Turku University Hospital Medical Funds (for T.L. X51001); Juho Vainio Foundation; Paavo Nurmi Foundation; Finnish Foundation of Cardiovascular Research and Finnish Cultural Foundation; Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation and Emil Aaltonen Foundation. The Palkansaaja Foundation supported the use of linked data. Jutta Viinikainen and Jaakko Pehkonen acknowledge financial support from the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation (grants 6664 and 6646). ...Related items
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