Income Education and Inflammation: Differential Associations in a National Probability Sample (The MIDUS Study)

摘要

ObjectiveTo examine the associations between income and education and three markers of inflammation: interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and fibrinogen. Socioeconomic status is inversely linked with health outcomes, but the biological processes by which social position “gets under the skin” to affect health are poorly understood.