Urbanization, environment, and inflammaging: insights from sub-Saharan Africa

Key Points

• The research aims to understand how urbanization and environment influence inflammaging across diverse populations in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Analyzed variations in inflammaging among different populations in urban and rural settings.
• Investigated the relationship between exposure to infectious and noncommunicable diseases and levels of inflammation.
• Considered indigenous groups and industrialized populations for comparative insights.
• Observed lower levels of inflammaging in indigenous groups adapted to chronic infections.
• Noted heightened inflammation in industrialized populations linked to ecological imbalance.
• Found that environmental factors significantly influence immune-aging models.

Abstract