B4-5: Neighborhood Deprivation and Telomere Length: Preliminary Findings from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH)

Abstract

Background/Aims Shortened telomeres have been associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. In addition, a number of environmental or external exposures, including smoking, air pollution and stress, have been reported to be associated with short telomeres. We sought to examine how neighborhood quality of participants in the RPGEH Genetic Epidemiology Research Study on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) cohort affected telomere length.