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Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

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Snyder-Mackler, Noah, Burger, Joseph Robert, Gaydosh, Lauren, Belsky, Daniel W., Noppert, Grace A., Campos, Fernando A., Bartolomucci, Alessandro, Yang, Yang Claire +6 more·2020·Science

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The social environment, both in early life and adulthood, is one of the strongest predictors of morbidity and mortality risk in humans. Evidence from long-term studies of other social mammals indicates that this relationship is similar across many species. In addition, experimental studies show that social interactions can causally alter animal physiology, disease risk, and life span itself. These findings highlight the importance of the social environment to health and mortality as well as Darwinian fitness-outcomes of interest to social scientists and biologists alike. They thus emphasize the utility of cross-species analysis for understanding the predictors of, and mechanisms underlying, social gradients in health.

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  • Our findings could be integrated within current ideas on the biology of aging which suggest that aging rates, and consequently lifespans, evolve as a function of trade-offs with other characters including social, cognitive, and reproductive capacities.

    “Our findings could well be integrated within current ideas on the biology of aging which suggest that aging rates, and consequently lifespans, evolve as a function of trade-offs with other characters including social, cognitive, and reproductive capacities (Yang, et al. 2016; Giuliani, et al. 2018; Snyder-Mackler, et al. 2020).”

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Snyder-Mackler, N., Burger, J. R., Gaydosh, L., Belsky, D. W., Noppert, G. A., Campos, F. A., Bartolomucci, A., Yang, Y. C., Aiello, A. E., O’Rand, A., Harris, K. M., Shively, C. A., Alberts, S. C., & Tung, J.
Affiliations
  • Social and Biological Determinants of Health Working Group, NC, USA.
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
Corresponding author
Tung, Jenny
Venue
Science
Published
2020-05-22
Volume
368
Issue
6493
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W3026126635
Cited by
679
References
196
Citations by year
2026: 85 · 2025: 104 · 2024: 130 · 2023: 116 · 2022: 111 · 2021: 93 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 1
FWCI
14.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (P30AG034424, R01AG057235, R01HD088558, R01GM102562, R00AG051764, R01AG053308, T32AG000139, T32HD091058, T32AG000029, P2CHD050924, T32HD007168, R01AG057800, P01HD031921, P01AG031719, R01AG060931, R01HD087061, F32HD084117)
  • Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics (#18.04)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK102496)
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32 HD091058, P2C HD050924)
  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 MD013349, R01MD011728)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01 AG057800)
  • Natioanl Institute on Aging (R01AG057800)
  • National Insitutes of Health (R01MD013349)
  • Jacobs Foundation (Early Career Fellowship)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
social determinants of health, social environment, mortality risk, morbidity, social mammals, cross-species comparison, social interaction, disease risk, lifespan, Darwinian fitness, social gradient in health, animal physiology
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Longevity, Mammals, Social Environment, Genetic Fitness, Social Determinants of Health

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