title: Socioeconomic status and biological markers of health: an examination of adults in the United States and Taiwan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study documents whether socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in biological risk are more widely observed and larger in the United States than Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data come from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study in Taiwan and the Midlife in the United States study. We use regression analyses to test whether four summary measures of biological risk are significantly related to categorical measures of education, income, and subjective social status among four country-sex-specific subgroups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Physiological dysregulation is significantly, negatively related to SES in both the United States and Taiwan, especially for males. The prevalence and magnitude of the relationships are similar in the two countries: 12 of 24 possible SES-biological summary score relationships are significant in the United States and 11 of 24 are significant in Taiwan.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, SES differentials in biological risk do not appear to be more widely observed or larger in the United States than in Taiwan.
authors: Jennifer C. Cornman Consulting, Granville, OH, USA jencornman@gmail.com.
authors: Jennifer C
authors: JC
authors: Cornman
authors: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Dana A
authors: DA
authors: Glei
authors: Princeton University, NJ, USA.
authors: Noreen
authors: N
authors: Goldman
authors: University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
authors: Carol D
authors: CD
authors: Ryff
authors: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Maxine
authors: M
authors: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013624:Taiwan; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Taiwan; United States; biological markers; physiological dysregulation; socioeconomic status