Y C Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 19074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Y C Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Y C |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG Y C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7132-1843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 278 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1944 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Life course socioeconomic disadvantage and persistent infection burden: Links to cellular immunosenescence in U.S. young adults
Persistent SES disadvantage was consistently associated with higher infection burden and more aged immune cell profiles before midlife. Understanding this link is key for addressing health disparities
An Early and Unequal Decline: Life Course Trajectories of Cognitive Aging in the United States
Objectives: Cognitive aging is a lifelong process with implications for Alzheimer's disease and dementia. This study aims to fill major gaps in research on the natural history of and social disparities in aging-related cognitive decline over the life span. Methods: We conducted integrative data analysis of four large U.S. population-based longitudinal studies of individuals aged 12 to 105 followed over two decades and modeled age trajectories of …
Patterns and Life Course Determinants of Black–White Disparities in Biological Age Acceleration: A Decomposition Analysis
Despite the prominence of the weathering hypothesis as a mechanism underlying racialized inequities in morbidity and mortality, the life course social and economic determinants of Black–White disparities in biological aging remain inadequately understood. This study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 6,782), multivariable regression, and Kitagawa–Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition to assess Black–White disparities across three measures…
Occupational cognitive stimulation, socioeconomic status, and cognitive functioning in young adulthood
Our results indicate that even in adulthood, activities that stimulate the mind can contribute to improved cognitive function, and the most beneficial forms of occupational stimulation are those that use analytic skills and involve social interaction (particularly among young men)
Social Relationships, Wealth, and Cardiometabolic Risk: Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study of U.S. Older Adults
Objectives: To investigate multiple dimensions of social relationships related to biomarkers of cardiometabolic health and how their associations vary by wealth in older adults. Methods: Growth curve models were used to investigate the longitudinal associations between measures of both positive and negative social relationships and cardiometabolic risk (CMR) over a 10-year period from 2006 to 2016 and the moderation of this association by wealth …
Age Profiles of Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Late Life in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
The differential age patterns of cognitive decline predicting dementia incidences identified in this study suggest variation in the course of cognitive aging in older adults that may inform future etiological and intervention studies
Socioeconomic Status and Biological Risks for Health and Illness Across the Life Course
These findings are the first to elucidate the life-course patterns of SES that matter for underlying physiological functioning during the aging process to produce social gradients in health
Culture, economic development, social-network type, and mortality: Evidence from Chinese older adults
Masters et al. Respond
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Adult Physiological Functioning: A Life Course Examination of Biosocial Mechanisms
A growing literature has demonstrated a link between early-life socioeconomic conditions and adult health at a singular point in life. No research exists, however, that specifies the life course patterns of socioeconomic status (SES) in relation to the underlying biological processes that determine health. Using an innovative life course research design consisting of four nationally representative longitudinal datasets that collectively cover the…
Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span
Significance Although much evidence has accrued in research over the past 20 years on the strong causal associations between social relationships and health and longevity, important gaps remain in our understanding of the mechanisms, timing, and duration of these associations. This study integrates social and biological disciplinary perspectives and research to examine how social relationships “get under the skin” to affect physiological well-bei…
Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries
The physiological impacts of wealth shocks in late life: Evidence from the Great Recession
Period and Cohort Analysis in Demography
Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents
Should age-period-cohort studies return to the methodologies of the 1970s
Clarifying hierarchical age-period-cohort models: A rejoinder to Bell and Jones
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Social Relationships and Hypertension in Late Life: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study of Older Adults
The different roles of relationship characteristics in predicting change in physiological outcomes suggest specific biophysiological stress response and behavioral mechanisms that have important implications for both scientific understandings and effective prevention and control of a leading chronic condition in late life
Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents
Our findings suggest that the health consequences of grandchild care are mixed across different racial/ethnic groups and are further shaped by individual characteristics as well as perhaps cultural context
Masters et al. Respond
AffiliationsAt the time of the study, Ryan K. Masters was with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program, Columbia University, New York, NY. Eric N. Reither and Andrew E. Burger were with Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan. Daniel A. Powers was with Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Y. Claire Yang was with Department of Sociology and Lineberger Compre…
Social Network Ties and Inflammation in U.S. Adults with Cancer
The growing evidence linking social connectedness and chronic diseases such as cancer calls for a better understanding of the underlying biophysiological mechanisms. This study assessed the associations between social network ties and multiple measures of inflammation in a nationally representative sample of adults with a history of cancer (N = 1,075) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (1988-94). Individuals with lower …
Social support, social strain and inflammation: Evidence from a national longitudinal study of U.S. adults
Impact of social integration on metabolic functions: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of US older adults
This study addressed important challenges in previous research linking social integration to metabolic health by clarifying the nature and direction of the relationship as it applies to different objectively measured markers and population subgroups. It suggests additional psychosocial and biological pathways to consider in future research on the contributions of social deficits to disease etiology and old-age mortality
Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health
This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex and gender, and gender differences in health, become more integrated into scholarship in this area? We review articles on genetics and health published in selected peer-reviewed journals. Although sex is included frequently as a control or stratifying variable, few a…
Should age-period-cohort studies return to the methodologies of the 1970s
Social support, social strain and inflammation: Evidence from a national longitudinal study of U.S. adults
The Impact of Obesity on US Mortality Levels: The Importance of Age and Cohort Factors in Population Estimates
Objectives. To estimate the percentage of excess death for US Black and White men and women associated with high body mass, we examined the combined effects of age variation in the obesity–mortality relationship and cohort variation in age-specific obesity prevalence. Methods. We examined 19 National Health Interview Survey waves linked to individual National Death Index mortality records, 1986–2006, for age and cohort patterns in the population-…
The physiological impacts of wealth shocks in late life: Evidence from the Great Recession
Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents
Our findings suggest that the health consequences of grandchild care are mixed across different racial/ethnic groups and are further shaped by individual characteristics as well as perhaps cultural context
Social Isolation and Adult Mortality: The Role of Chronic Inflammation and Sex Differences
The health and survival benefits of social embeddedness have been widely documented across social species, but the underlying biophysiological mechanisms have not been elucidated in the general population. We assessed the process by which social isolation increases the risk for all-cause and chronic disease mortality through proinflammatory mechanisms. Using the 18-year mortality follow-up data ( n = 6,729) from the National Health and Nutrition …
Socioeconomic Status and Biological Risks for Health and Illness Across the Life Course
These findings are the first to elucidate the life-course patterns of SES that matter for underlying physiological functioning during the aging process to produce social gradients in health
Assessing the Significance of Cohort and Period Effects in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models: Applications to Verbal Test Scores and Voter Turnout in U.S. Presidential Elections
In recently developed hierarchical age-period-cohort (HAPC) models, inferential questions arise: How can one assess or judge the significance of estimates of individual cohort and period effects in such models? And how does one assess the overall statistical significance of the cohort and/or the period effects? Beyond statistical significance is the question of substantive significance. This paper addresses these questions. In the context of empi…
Clarifying hierarchical age-period-cohort models: A rejoinder to Bell and Jones
Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health
This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex and gender, and gender differences in health, become more integrated into scholarship in this area? We review articles on genetics and health published in selected peer-reviewed journals. Although sex is included frequently as a control or stratifying variable, few a…
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Adult Physiological Functioning: A Life Course Examination of Biosocial Mechanisms
A growing literature has demonstrated a link between early-life socioeconomic conditions and adult health at a singular point in life. No research exists, however, that specifies the life course patterns of socioeconomic status (SES) in relation to the underlying biological processes that determine health. Using an innovative life course research design consisting of four nationally representative longitudinal datasets that collectively cover the…
Misunderstandings, Mischaracterizations, and the Problematic Choice of a Specific Instance in Which the IE Should Never Be Applied
It is our pleasure to respond to the Editor's request for a commentary on Luo's article (this issue), which critically evaluates the utility of the intrinsic estimator (IE) that we first introduced to demography and sociology in
Culture, economic development, social-network type, and mortality: Evidence from Chinese older adults
Social Relationships and Hypertension in Late Life: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study of Older Adults
The different roles of relationship characteristics in predicting change in physiological outcomes suggest specific biophysiological stress response and behavioral mechanisms that have important implications for both scientific understandings and effective prevention and control of a leading chronic condition in late life
Mortality Increase in Late-Middle and Early-Old Age: Heterogeneity in Death Processes as a New Explanation
Deviations from the Gompertz law of exponential mortality increases in late-middle and early-old age are commonly neglected in overall mortality analyses. In this study, we examined mortality increase patterns between ages 40 and 85 in 16 low-mortality countries and demonstrated sex differences in these patterns, which also changed across period and cohort. These results suggest that the interaction between aging and death is more complicated tha…
An Early and Unequal Decline: Life Course Trajectories of Cognitive Aging in the United States
Objectives: Cognitive aging is a lifelong process with implications for Alzheimer's disease and dementia. This study aims to fill major gaps in research on the natural history of and social disparities in aging-related cognitive decline over the life span. Methods: We conducted integrative data analysis of four large U.S. population-based longitudinal studies of individuals aged 12 to 105 followed over two decades and modeled age trajectories of …
Patterns and Life Course Determinants of Black–White Disparities in Biological Age Acceleration: A Decomposition Analysis
Despite the prominence of the weathering hypothesis as a mechanism underlying racialized inequities in morbidity and mortality, the life course social and economic determinants of Black–White disparities in biological aging remain inadequately understood. This study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 6,782), multivariable regression, and Kitagawa–Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition to assess Black–White disparities across three measures…
Age Profiles of Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Late Life in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
The differential age patterns of cognitive decline predicting dementia incidences identified in this study suggest variation in the course of cognitive aging in older adults that may inform future etiological and intervention studies
Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries
Social Network Ties and Inflammation in U.S. Adults with Cancer
The growing evidence linking social connectedness and chronic diseases such as cancer calls for a better understanding of the underlying biophysiological mechanisms. This study assessed the associations between social network ties and multiple measures of inflammation in a nationally representative sample of adults with a history of cancer (N = 1,075) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (1988-94). Individuals with lower …
Masters et al. Respond
AffiliationsAt the time of the study, Ryan K. Masters was with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program, Columbia University, New York, NY. Eric N. Reither and Andrew E. Burger were with Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan. Daniel A. Powers was with Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Y. Claire Yang was with Department of Sociology and Lineberger Compre…
China's Religious Heritage
China's Religious Heritage
"No hay mal que por bien no venga": Joaquín de Fiore y las esperanzas milenaristas a fines de la Edad Media
Our results suggest that fasting glucose as a screening criterion for diabetes could be revised downward to 7.0 mmol/l, because the slight reduction of positive predictive value was more than balanced by an apparent increase of sensitivity and insignificant change of specificity
Impact of social integration on metabolic functions: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of US older adults
This study addressed important challenges in previous research linking social integration to metabolic health by clarifying the nature and direction of the relationship as it applies to different objectively measured markers and population subgroups. It suggests additional psychosocial and biological pathways to consider in future research on the contributions of social deficits to disease etiology and old-age mortality
Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health
This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex and gender, and gender differences in health, become more integrated into scholarship in this area? We review articles on genetics and health published in selected peer-reviewed journals. Although sex is included frequently as a control or stratifying variable, few a…
The Impact of Obesity on US Mortality Levels: The Importance of Age and Cohort Factors in Population Estimates
Objectives. To estimate the percentage of excess death for US Black and White men and women associated with high body mass, we examined the combined effects of age variation in the obesity–mortality relationship and cohort variation in age-specific obesity prevalence. Methods. We examined 19 National Health Interview Survey waves linked to individual National Death Index mortality records, 1986–2006, for age and cohort patterns in the population-…
Mortality Increase in Late-Middle and Early-Old Age: Heterogeneity in Death Processes as a New Explanation
Deviations from the Gompertz law of exponential mortality increases in late-middle and early-old age are commonly neglected in overall mortality analyses. In this study, we examined mortality increase patterns between ages 40 and 85 in 16 low-mortality countries and demonstrated sex differences in these patterns, which also changed across period and cohort. These results suggest that the interaction between aging and death is more complicated tha…
Misunderstandings, Mischaracterizations, and the Problematic Choice of a Specific Instance in Which the IE Should Never Be Applied
It is our pleasure to respond to the Editor's request for a commentary on Luo's article (this issue), which critically evaluates the utility of the intrinsic estimator (IE) that we first introduced to demography and sociology in
Assessing the Significance of Cohort and Period Effects in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models: Applications to Verbal Test Scores and Voter Turnout in U.S. Presidential Elections
In recently developed hierarchical age-period-cohort (HAPC) models, inferential questions arise: How can one assess or judge the significance of estimates of individual cohort and period effects in such models? And how does one assess the overall statistical significance of the cohort and/or the period effects? Beyond statistical significance is the question of substantive significance. This paper addresses these questions. In the context of empi…
Social Isolation and Adult Mortality: The Role of Chronic Inflammation and Sex Differences
The health and survival benefits of social embeddedness have been widely documented across social species, but the underlying biophysiological mechanisms have not been elucidated in the general population. We assessed the process by which social isolation increases the risk for all-cause and chronic disease mortality through proinflammatory mechanisms. Using the 18-year mortality follow-up data ( n = 6,729) from the National Health and Nutrition …
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Social Relationships and Hypertension in Late Life: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study of Older Adults
The different roles of relationship characteristics in predicting change in physiological outcomes suggest specific biophysiological stress response and behavioral mechanisms that have important implications for both scientific understandings and effective prevention and control of a leading chronic condition in late life
Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents
Our findings suggest that the health consequences of grandchild care are mixed across different racial/ethnic groups and are further shaped by individual characteristics as well as perhaps cultural context
Masters et al. Respond
AffiliationsAt the time of the study, Ryan K. Masters was with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program, Columbia University, New York, NY. Eric N. Reither and Andrew E. Burger were with Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan. Daniel A. Powers was with Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Y. Claire Yang was with Department of Sociology and Lineberger Compre…
Social Network Ties and Inflammation in U.S. Adults with Cancer
The growing evidence linking social connectedness and chronic diseases such as cancer calls for a better understanding of the underlying biophysiological mechanisms. This study assessed the associations between social network ties and multiple measures of inflammation in a nationally representative sample of adults with a history of cancer (N = 1,075) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (1988-94). Individuals with lower …
Social support, social strain and inflammation: Evidence from a national longitudinal study of U.S. adults
Period and Cohort Analysis in Demography
Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents
Should age-period-cohort studies return to the methodologies of the 1970s
Clarifying hierarchical age-period-cohort models: A rejoinder to Bell and Jones
Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span
Significance Although much evidence has accrued in research over the past 20 years on the strong causal associations between social relationships and health and longevity, important gaps remain in our understanding of the mechanisms, timing, and duration of these associations. This study integrates social and biological disciplinary perspectives and research to examine how social relationships “get under the skin” to affect physiological well-bei…
Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries
The physiological impacts of wealth shocks in late life: Evidence from the Great Recession
Masters et al. Respond
Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Adult Physiological Functioning: A Life Course Examination of Biosocial Mechanisms
A growing literature has demonstrated a link between early-life socioeconomic conditions and adult health at a singular point in life. No research exists, however, that specifies the life course patterns of socioeconomic status (SES) in relation to the underlying biological processes that determine health. Using an innovative life course research design consisting of four nationally representative longitudinal datasets that collectively cover the…
Socioeconomic Status and Biological Risks for Health and Illness Across the Life Course
These findings are the first to elucidate the life-course patterns of SES that matter for underlying physiological functioning during the aging process to produce social gradients in health
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