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Social Capital Associates with Cognitive Health, Oral Health and Epigenetic Age Deceleration: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

2023-07-08 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesTo quantify the association of social capital, defined as social relationships and networks, with cognitive health, oral inflammation, and epigenetic aging. MethodsWe used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) (n=1,479; ages 45-85 years), categorizing social capital as structural and cognitive capital. Oral inflammation was determined as the presence of gum bleeding. Epigenetic aging was computed as the difference between chronological age and DNA methylation age. ...

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