ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2019
Housing and health: new evidence using biomarker data.
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- Effects of Housing Deprivation on Health: Empirical Evidence from Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exploring the Interactions between Housing and Neighbourhood Environments for Enhanced Child Wellbeing: The Lived Experience of Parents Living in Areas of High Child Poverty in England, UK.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between housing insecurity and physical health among midlife and aging adults in the United States.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- The Effect of Built Environment on Physical Health and Mental Health of Adults: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Household Tenure and Its Associations with Multiple Long-Term Conditions amongst Working-Age Adults in East London: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Using Linked Primary Care and Local Government Records.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Aging, frailty, and design of built environments.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe link between housing and health is well established and long-standing, however much of the evidence relies on self-reported health measures. While these are useful, the availability of biomarker data allows us to add to this evidence using objective indicators of health.
methodsIn this paper, we use C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker associated with infection and stress, alongside information relating to housing details, demographic characteristics and health behaviours taken from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Hierarchical linear regression models estimate CRP for individual housing characteristics, and all available housing characteristics, controlling for confounders.
resultsResults indicate that housing tenure, type, cost burden and desire to stay in current home are associated with CRP. Private renters have significantly higher (worse) CRP than owners with a mortgage. In terms of housing type, respondents living in detached homes had lower CRP than those in semidetached or terraced houses, or those living in flats. Housing cost burden is associated with lower CRP, although further analysis indicates that this is the case only for low-income renters. Desire to stay in current home is significantly associated with higher CRP.
conclusionsA number of housing characteristics were associated with CRP. These results further support an important role for housing in health.
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