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ArticleHousing studies2023

Housing and Cardiometabolic Risk Among Older Renters and Homeowners.

Sarah Mawhorter, Eileen M Crimmins, Jennifer A Ailshire

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Article in Housing studies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Disparities in healthcare utilization and access by measures of economic stability among female cancer survivors in Maryland.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  4. Family wealth and adolescent physical health.Health psychology review · 2025
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  8. Housing Cost Burden and Health Decline Among Low- and Moderate-Income Older Renters.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah MawhorterLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2601-0672
Eileen M CrimminsLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Jennifer A AilshireLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

HRS Yrs29-34: Y33 SSA CoFundingU01AG009740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jessica Faul, KENNETH M LANGA · 1990 to 2026
$555.8M
USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography &Population HealthP30AG017265 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JENNIFER A AILSHIRE · 1999 to 2026
$17.9M
USC Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (US-RCMAR)P30AG043073 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI EMMA AGUILA, JENNIFER A AILSHIRE · 2012 to 2026
$10.1M
Biological Underpinnings of Socioeconomic Differentials in Health and MortalityR01AG060110 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CRIMMINS, EILEEN M · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
The Importance of the Neighborhood Environment in Determining Health and Well-being among Persons with Dementia and their CaregiversR01AG064491 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI AILSHIRE, JENNIFER A · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG017265NIA NIH HHS P30 AG043073NIA NIH HHS R01 AG060110NIA NIH HHS R01 AG064491NIA NIH HHS U01 AG009740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scholars consistently find that renters have poorer health outcomes when compared with homeowners. Health disparities between renters and homeowners likely widen over the life course, yet few studies have examined this link among older adults, and the connection is not fully understood. Homeowners' relative socioeconomic advantage may explain their better health; renters also more commonly experience adverse housing conditions and financial challenges, both of which can harm health. In this paper, we analyze the extent to which socioeconomic advantage, housing conditions, and financial strain explain the relationship between homeownership and health among adults over age 50, using Health and Retirement Study 2010/2012 data to assess cardiometabolic risk levels using biomarkers for inflammation, cardiovascular health, and metabolic function. We find that people living with poor housing conditions and financial strain have higher cardiometabolic risk levels, even taking socioeconomic advantage into account. This analysis sheds light on the housing-related health challenges of older adults, especially older renters.

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cardiometabolic riskhealthHomeownershiphousing affordabilityhousing conditionsolder adults

Identifiers

PMID37849684
PMCPMC10578645
OpenAlexW3186699899

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