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Life-course BMI and biomarkers in persons aged 60 years or older: a comparison of the USA and Costa Rica
(2019)
Objective: There is a large literature linking current body mass index (BMI) to levels of cardiovascular risk biomarkers, but it is unknown whether measures of BMI earlier in the life course and maximum BMI are predictive ...
Longer leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula: A population-based study
(2013)
Studies in humans suggest that leukocyte telomere length may act as a marker of biological aging. We investigated whether individuals in the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, known for exceptional longevity, had longer telomere ...
Correlates of longitudinal leukocyte telomere length in the Costa Rican Longevity Study of Healthy Aging (CRELES): On the importance of DNA collection and storage procedures
(2019)
The objective is to identify cofactors of leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in a Latin American population, specifically the association of LTL with 36 socio-demographic, early childhood, and health characteristics, as well ...
The declining effect of sibling size on children's education in Costa Rica
(2014-12-12)
Background: Costa Rica experienced a dramatic fertility decline in the 1960s and 1970s. The same period saw substantial improvement in children’s educational attainment in Costa Rica. This correlation is consistent with ...
Surprising SES Gradients in Mortality, Health, and Biomarkers in a Latin American Population of Adults
(Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 64B(1):105-117, 2009-02-04)
Background. To determine socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in the different dimensions of health among elderly
Costa Ricans. Hypothesis: SES disparities in adult health are minimal in Costa Rican society.
Methods. ...
Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study
(2019)
The Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study (CRELES, or Costa Rica Estudio de Longevidad y Envejecimiento Saludable) is a set of nationally representative longitudinal surveys of health and life-course experiences ...
A cross-national comparison of 12 biomarkers finds no universal biomarkers of aging among individuals aged 60 and older
(2016)
There is uncertainty about whether biological and anthropometric measures that are
clinical risk factors for disease are universally associated with chronological age,
or whether these correlations vary depending on the ...
Education Gains Attributable to Fertility Decline: Patterns by Gender, Period, and Country in Latin America and Asia
(2017-07)
We investigate the heterogeneity across countries and time in the relationship
between mother’s fertility and children’s educational attainment—the quantity-quality
(Q-Q) trade-off—by using census data from 17 countries ...
Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans
(Population Health Metrics 10(1), 2012)
Background: Little is known about adult health and mortality relationships outside high-income nations, partly
because few datasets have contained biomarker data in representative populations. Our objective is to ...
Stressors Over the Life Course and Neuroendocrine System Dysregulation in Costa Rica
(Journal of Aging and Health XX(X) 1–24, 2010-05-28)
Objectives: A key aspect of the increasingly popular allostatic load (AL) framework is that stressors experienced over the entire life course result in physiological dysregulation. Although core to AL theory, this idea has ...