Multi-level social determinants of health, inflammation, and postoperative delirium in older adults

Sarinnapha M Vasunilashorn^{1

2

3}, Emily Wolfson¹, Miles Berger⁴, Jacqueline Leung⁵, Erin B Ware⁶, Andrea Baccarelli⁷, Richard N Jones^{8

9}, Long H Ngo^{1

2

10}, Edward R Marcantonio^{1

2}, Sharon K Inouye^{1

2

11}, Amy J H Kind¹²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁶ Institute of Social Research Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁷ Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹² Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Sarinnapha M Vasunilashorn et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;73(1):279-282.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.19159. Epub 2024 Aug 29.

¹ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁶ Institute of Social Research Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁷ Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹² Center for Health Disparities Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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