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Batty GD, Kivimäki M, Almquist YB, Eriksson JG, Gissler M, Gnanamanickam ES, Hamer M, Jackisch J, Juon HS, Keski-Säntti M, Li C, Mikkola TM, Murray E, Sacker A, Segal L, Frank P. Cardiovascular disease in adults with a history of out-of-home care during childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH. EUROPE 2024; 43:100984. [PMID: 39076891 PMCID: PMC11284711 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
Abstract
Background While individuals who were separated from their biological family and placed into the care of the state during childhood (out-of-home care) are more prone to developing selected adverse health problems in adulthood, their risk of cardiovascular disease is uncertain. Our aim was to explore this association by pooling published and unpublished results from prospective cohort studies. Methods We used two approaches to identifying relevant data on childhood care and adult cardiovascular disease (PROSPERO registration CRD42021254665). First, to locate published studies, we searched PubMed (Medline) until November 2023. Second, with the objective of identifying unpublished studies with the potential to address the present research question, we scrutinised retrieved reviews on childhood out-of-home care and other adult health outcomes. Included studies were required to satisfy three criteria: a cohort study in which the assessment of care was made prospectively pre-adulthood (in the avoidance of recall bias); data on an unexposed comparator group were available (for the computation of relative risk); and a diagnosis of adult cardiovascular disease events (coronary heart disease, stroke, or their combination) had been made (as opposed to risk factors only). Collaborating investigators provided study-specific estimates which were aggregated using random-effects meta-analysis. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess individual study quality. Findings Twelve studies (2 published, 10 unpublished) met the inclusion criteria, and investigators from nine provided viable results, including updated analyses of the published studies. Studies comprised 611,601 individuals (301,129 women) from the US, UK, Sweden, Finland, and Australia. Five of the nine studies were judged to be of higher methodological quality. Relative to the unexposed, individuals with a care placement during childhood had a 51% greater risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood (summary rate ratio after age- and sex-adjustment [95% confidence interval]: 1.51 [1.22, 1.86]; range of study-specific estimates: 1.07 to 2.06; I 2 = 69%, p = 0.001). This association was attenuated but persisted after adjustment for socioeconomic status in childhood (8 studies; 1.41 [1.15, 1.72]) and adulthood (9 studies, 1.29 [1.11, 1.51]). Interpretation Our findings show that individuals with experience of out-of-home care in childhood have a moderately raised risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Funding Medical Research Council; National Institute on Aging; Wellcome Trust.
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- G. David Batty
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
- Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Human Potential Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Knowledge Brokers, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Region Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Health Economics and Social Policy Group, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Surgery Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Knowledge Brokers, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking, China
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- Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
- Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Health Economics and Social Policy Group, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
- Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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Batty GD, Kivimäki M, Almquist YB, Eriksson JG, Gissler M, Gnanamanickam ES, Hamer M, Jackisch J, Juon HS, Keski-Säntti M, Li C, Mikkola TM, Murray E, Sacker A, Segal L, Frank P. Cardiovascular Disease Events in Adults with a History of State Care in Childhood: Pooling of Unpublished Results from 9 Cohort Studies. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.01.26.24301814. [PMID: 38343845 PMCID: PMC10854358 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.26.24301814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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Background Individuals who were separated from their biological family and placed into the care of the state during childhood (out-of-home care) are more prone to developing selected physical and mental health problems in adulthood, however, their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is uncertain. Accordingly, we pooled published and unpublished results from cohort studies of childhood care and adult CVD. Methods We used two approaches to identifying relevant data on childhood care and adult CVD (PROSPERO registration CRD42021254665). First, to locate published studies, we searched PubMed (Medline) until November 2023. Second, with the aim of identifying unpublished studies with the potential to address the present research question, we scrutinised retrieved reviews of the impact of childhood state care on related adult health outcomes. All included studies were required to have prospective measurement of state care in childhood and a follow-up of CVD events in adulthood as the primary outcome (incident coronary heart disease and/or stroke). Collaborating investigators provided study-specific estimates which were aggregated using random-effects meta-analysis. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess individual study quality. Findings Thirteen studies (2 published, 11 unpublished) met the inclusion criteria, and investigators from nine provided viable results, including updated analyses of the published studies. Studies comprised 611,601 individuals (301,129 women) from the US, UK, Sweden, Finland, and Australia. Relative to the unexposed, individuals with a care placement during childhood had a 50% greater risk of CVD in adulthood (summary rate ratio after basic adjustment [95% confidence interval]: 1.50 [1.22, 1.84]); range of study-specific estimates: 1.28 to 2.06; I2 = 69%, p = 0.001). This association was attenuated but persisted after multivariable adjustment for socioeconomic status in childhood (8 studies; 1.41 [1.15, 1.72]) and adulthood (9 studies, 1.28 [1.10, 1.50]). There was a suggestion of a stronger state care-CVD association in women. Interpretation Our findings show that individuals with experience of state care in childhood have a moderately raised risk of CVD in adulthood. For timely prevention, clinicians and policy makers should be aware that people with a care history may need additional attention in risk factor management.
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- G David Batty
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
- Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Human Potential Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Knowledge Brokers, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Region Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Health Economics and Social Policy Group, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Surgery Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Knowledge Brokers, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking, China
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
- Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Health Economics and Social Policy Group, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
- Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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Sevilimedu V, Yu L, Samawi H. Misclassification simulation extrapolation method for a Weibull accelerated failure time model. Stat Methods Med Res 2023; 32:1478-1493. [PMID: 37122155 PMCID: PMC10939450 DOI: 10.1177/09622802231168248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The problem of misclassification in covariates is ubiquitous in survival data and often leads to biased estimates. The misclassification simulation extrapolation method is a popular method to correct this bias. However, its impact on Weibull accelerated failure time models has not been studied. In this paper, we study the bias caused by misclassification in one or more binary covariates in Weibull accelerated failure time models and explore the use of the misclassification simulation extrapolation in correcting for this bias, along with its asymptotic properties. Simulation studies are carried out to investigate the numerical properties of the resulting estimator for finite samples. The proposed method is then applied to colon cancer data obtained from the cancer registry at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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- Varadan Sevilimedu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, JPH college of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, JPH college of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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Brady D, Guerra C, Kohler U, Link B. The Long Arm of Prospective Childhood Income for Mature Adult Health in the United States. JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 2022; 63:543-559. [PMID: 35253530 PMCID: PMC10510903 DOI: 10.1177/00221465221081094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Pioneering scholarship links retrospective childhood conditions to mature adult health. We distinctively provide critical evidence with prospective state-of-the-art measures of parent income observed multiple times during childhood in the 1970s to 1990s. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we analyze six health outcomes (self-rated health, heart attack, stroke, life-threatening chronic conditions, non-life-threatening chronic conditions, and psychological distress) among 40- to 65-year-olds. Parent relative income rank has statistically and substantively significant relationships with five of six outcomes. The relationships with heart attack, stroke, and life-threatening chronic conditions are particularly strong. Parent income rank performs slightly better than alternative prospective and retrospective measures. At the same time, we provide novel validation on which retrospective measures (i.e., father's education) perform almost as well as prospective measures. Furthermore, we inform several perennial debates about how relative versus absolute income and other measures of socioeconomic status and social class influence health.
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- David Brady
- University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center
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- University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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- University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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Sugisawa H, Shimizu Y, Kumagai T, Shishido K, Shinoda T. Influences of Financial Strains Over the Life Course Before Initiating Hemodialysis on Health Outcomes Among Older Japanese Patients: A Retrospective Study in Japan. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis 2022; 15:63-75. [PMID: 35250296 PMCID: PMC8893145 DOI: 10.2147/ijnrd.s352174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Hidehiro Sugisawa
- International Graduate School for Advanced Studies, J. F. Oberlin University, Machida-city, Tokyo, Japan
- Correspondence: Hidehiro Sugisawa, International Graduate School for Advanced Studies, J. F. Oberlin University, 3758, Machida-city, Tokyo, 194-0294, Japan, Tel/Fax +81(0)02-797-9847, Email
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- The Jikei University School of Nursing, Chofu-city, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences at Odawara, International University of Health and Welfare, Odawara-city, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tsukuba International University, Tsuchiura-city, Ibaraki, Japan
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Fardell C, Torén K, Schiöler L, Nissbrandt H, Åberg M. High IQ in Early Adulthood Is Associated with Parkinson's Disease. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2021; 10:1649-1656. [PMID: 32716321 PMCID: PMC7683067 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-202050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background: High education level and high occupational complexity have been implicated as risk factors for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Objective: The objective was to determine whether cognitive capacity, measured as IQ, in early adulthood is associated with the subsequent development of PD. Method: Data on IQ were retrieved from the Swedish Military Service Conscription Registry, comprising Swedish males who enlisted for military service in the period 1968–1993 (N = 1,319,235). After exclusion, 1,189,134 subjects in total were included in the present study. Individuals who later developed PD (N = 1,724) were identified using the Swedish National Patient Register and the Swedish Cause of Death Register. Results: High education level was associated with PD. High IQ was associated with PD (p < 0.0001), both when analyzed as a continuous variable and when divided into three categories. The hazard ratio for the high IQ category compared to the low IQ category was 1.35 (95% confidence interval 1.17–1.55). Strong test results on the subtests, measuring verbal, logic, visuospatial and technical abilities, were also associated with PD. In a subgroup, smoking was inversely associated with PD, as well as with IQ. Conclusions: This study identifies high IQ to be a risk factor for PD.
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- Camilla Fardell
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Region Västra Götaland, Regionhälsan, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kraav SL, Tolmunen T, Kauhanen J, Lehto SM. The difference in chronic inflammation between individuals with officially documented and self-reported adverse childhood experiences is maintained until older middle-age. Psychol Med 2021; 51:1049-1051. [PMID: 32188514 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720000562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Siiri-Liisi Kraav
- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Batty GD, Kivimaki M. Adverse childhood experiences and adult health: the need for stronger study designs to evaluate impact. J Epidemiol Community Health 2021; 75:jech-2020-215870. [PMID: 33495198 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-215870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- G David Batty
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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Kraav SL, Tolmunen T, Kauhanen J, Lehto SM. The difference in chronic inflammation between individuals with officially documented and self-reported adverse childhood experiences is maintained until older middle-age. Psychol Med 2021:1-3. [PMID: 33436115 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720000628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Siiri-Liisi Kraav
- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Shen L, Li C, Wang Z, Zhang R, Shen Y, Miles T, Wei J, Zou Z. Early-life exposure to severe famine is associated with higher methylation level in the IGF2 gene and higher total cholesterol in late adulthood: the Genomic Research of the Chinese Famine (GRECF) study. Clin Epigenetics 2019; 11:88. [PMID: 31182144 PMCID: PMC6558811 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-019-0676-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Objective To evaluate the association of early-life exposure to the Chinese Great Famine (1959–1961) with DNA methylation in IGF2 and its subsequent influence on blood lipid levels in late adulthood among participants of the Genomic Research of the Chinese Famine (GRECF) study. Methods The GRECF study recruited 790 participants born between 1956 and 1964 from 2 neighbor provinces, Anhui and Jiangxi, in China through a multistage, clustered, random sampling. The current study included a random sample of 188 GRECF participants. IGF2 differential methylation region (DMR) is an intragenic DMR located upstream of the imprinted promoters of IGF2 exon 3. DNA methylation were quantified at 8 cytosine-phosphate-guanine dinucleotides (CpG) sites at the IGF2 DMR (chr11p15.5) using the Sequenom EpiTYPER method and the MassARRAY system. Multivariate linear regressions were used to evaluate pairwise associations among famine severity, DNA methylation in the IGF2 gene, and lipid levels. We controlled for age and sex in the base model and additionally controlled for education, smoking, and drinking status in the fully adjusted model. Mediation analysis was applied to assess the mediation effect of DNA methylation at the IGF2 gene on the association between early-life exposure to severe famine and adult lipid levels. Results Exposure to severe famine was associated with elevated methylation at CpG1 (chr11: 2126041, build 36) of the IGF2 DMR (β = 0.07; P = 0.0008) and total cholesterol (β = 0.72; P = 1.09 × 10−7). After adjustment for age and sex, each unit increase in methylation of the CpG1 site was associated with 1.09-unit increase in total cholesterol (P = 0.03). After further adjustment for all covariates, these associations were still significant (Pfamine-CpG1 = 0.002, Pfamine-total cholesterol = 1.28 × 10−6, and PCpG1-total cholesterol = 0.05). Conclusion Increased methylation level in the IGF2 gene was associated with early-life exposure to severe famine, and this change was also positively associated with total cholesterol in late adulthood. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13148-019-0676-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Luqi Shen
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Health Sciences Campus, 101 Buck Road, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Liu Z, Chen X, Gill TM, Ma C, Crimmins EM, Levine ME. Associations of genetics, behaviors, and life course circumstances with a novel aging and healthspan measure: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. PLoS Med 2019; 16:e1002827. [PMID: 31211779 PMCID: PMC6581243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An individual's rate of aging directly influences his/her susceptibility to morbidity and mortality. Thus, quantifying aging and disentangling how various factors coalesce to produce between-person differences in the rate of aging, have important implications for potential interventions. We recently developed and validated a novel multi-system-based aging measure, Phenotypic Age (PhenoAge), which has been shown to capture mortality and morbidity risk in the full US population and diverse subpopulations. The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between PhenoAge and a comprehensive set of factors, including genetic scores, childhood and adulthood circumstances, and health behaviors, to determine the relative contributions of these factors to variance in this aging measure. METHODS AND FINDINGS Based on data from 2,339 adults (aged 51+ years, mean age 69.4 years, 56% female, and 93.9% non-Hispanic white) from the US Health and Retirement Study, we calculated PhenoAge and evaluated the multivariable associations for a comprehensive set of factors using 2 innovative approaches-Shapley value decomposition (the Shapley approach hereafter) and hierarchical clustering. The Shapley approach revealed that together all 11 study domains (4 childhood and adulthood circumstances domains, 5 polygenic score [PGS] domains, and 1 behavior domain, and 1 demographic domain) accounted for 29.2% (bootstrap standard error = 0.003) of variance in PhenoAge after adjustment for chronological age. Behaviors exhibited the greatest contribution to PhenoAge (9.2%), closely followed by adulthood adversity, which was suggested to contribute 9.0% of the variance in PhenoAge. Collectively, the PGSs contributed 3.8% of the variance in PhenoAge (after accounting for chronological age). Next, using hierarchical clustering, we identified 6 distinct subpopulations based on the 4 childhood and adulthood circumstances domains. Two of these subpopulations stood out as disadvantaged, exhibiting significantly higher PhenoAges on average. Finally, we observed a significant gene-by-environment interaction between a previously validated PGS for coronary artery disease and the seemingly most disadvantaged subpopulation, suggesting a multiplicative effect of adverse life course circumstances coupled with genetic risk on phenotypic aging. The main limitations of this study were the retrospective nature of self-reported circumstances, leading to possible recall biases, and the unrepresentative racial/ethnic makeup of the population. CONCLUSIONS In a sample of US older adults, genetic, behavioral, and socioenvironmental circumstances during childhood and adulthood account for about 30% of differences in phenotypic aging. Our results also suggest that the detrimental effects of disadvantaged life course circumstances for health and aging may be further exacerbated among persons with genetic predisposition to coronary artery disease. Finally, our finding that behaviors had the largest contribution to PhenoAge highlights a potential policy target. Nevertheless, further validation of these findings and identification of causal links are greatly needed.
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- Zuyun Liu
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Racial differences in the association between early socioeconomic position, birth weight, and arterial stiffness in adults from ELSA-Brasil. Ann Epidemiol 2019; 34:45-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Landberg J, Danielsson AK, Falkstedt D, Hemmingsson T. Fathers' Alcohol Consumption and Long-Term Risk for Mortality in Offspring. Alcohol Alcohol 2019; 53:753-759. [PMID: 30137197 PMCID: PMC6203123 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agy058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Aim This study examined associations between fathers’ alcohol consumption and risk for total and cause-specific mortality in offspring. Short summary We examined the associations between fathers’ alcohol consumption and total and cause-specific mortality in adult offspring. Fathers’ alcohol consumption was associated with increased risk of alcohol-related mortality in offspring. The association appeared to be weaker for causes of death in which alcohol plays a smaller, or less direct, role. Methods Data on fathers’ alcohol consumption, and offspring’s risky use of alcohol, smoking, mental health and contact with police/childcare authorities were collected among 46,284 men (sons) aged 18–20 years, during conscription for compulsory military training in 1969/70. Data on offspring mortality were obtained from the National Cause of Death register, 1971–2008. The mortality outcomes included total mortality, alcohol-related causes of death and violent causes of death (categorized into suicides vs violent/external causes excluding suicides). Results Compared to sons whose fathers never used alcohol, the risk for total and alcohol-related mortality among sons increased with the father’s consumption level. The risk of violent death was significantly elevated among sons whose fathers drank alcohol occasionally or often, but the risk of suicide increased in the highest consumption category only. After adjustment for covariates, the results remained for alcohol-related mortality whereas they were significantly attenuated, or disappeared, for total mortality, violent death and suicide. Conclusions Fathers’ alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of alcohol-related mortality in the offspring. Alcohol use among fathers also increases the offspring’s risk of later total mortality, suicide and violent death, but these associations appear to be mediated or confounded by factors related to parental drinking and/or adverse childhood psychosocial circumstances.
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- Jonas Landberg
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Kraav SL, Tolmunen T, Kärkkäinen O, Ruusunen A, Viinamäki H, Mäntyselkä P, Koivumaa-Honkanen H, Valkonen-Korhonen M, Honkalampi K, Herzig KH, Lehto SM. Decreased serum total cholesterol is associated with a history of childhood physical violence in depressed outpatients. Psychiatry Res 2019; 272:326-333. [PMID: 30597385 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cholesterol in depressed patients are unclear. Therefore, we compared 78 adult outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with (n = 24) or without (n = 54) experiences of physical violence in childhood. Background data were collected with questionnaires, and total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were measured from fasting blood samples. Patients with a history of childhood physical violence had lower levels of TC than the control group. No differences were observed in HDL-C, LDL-C, or low-grade inflammation levels between the two groups. In multivariate models, decreased levels of TC were associated with childhood physical violence, and these associations remained significant after adjustments for age, gender, lifestyle, metabolic condition, socioeconomic situation, psychiatric status, suicidality, low-grade inflammation, the chronicity of depression, medications used and somatic diseases. At the 8-month follow-up, the results were essentially the same when the Trauma and Distress Scale (TADS) was used as the measure of ACEs. The specific mechanisms underlying cholesterol alterations associated with ACEs are a topic for future studies. Better understanding of these mechanisms might lead to possible new interventions in the prevention of adverse health effects resulting from ACEs.
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- Siiri-Liisi Kraav
- Institute of Clinical Medicine / Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine / Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Deakin University, Food & Mood Centre, IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine / Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Primary Health Care Unit, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine / Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Departments of Psychiatry: South-Savonia Hospital District, Mikkeli; North Karelia Central Hospital, Joensuu; SOTE, Iisalmi; Lapland Hospital District, Rovaniemi, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine / Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Education and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology & Biocenter of Oulu, University of Oulu, Medical Research Center (MRC), University of Oulu, and University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine / Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Scott AB, Reed RG, Garcia-Willingham NE, Lawrence KA, Segerstrom SC. Lifespan Socioeconomic Context: Associations With Cognitive Functioning in Later Life. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2019; 74:113-125. [PMID: 29878250 PMCID: PMC6294237 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gby071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Objectives Early socioeconomic status (SES) correlates with later-life cognition. However, the effect of socioeconomic context (SEC), which reflects influences from broader ecological contexts, has not been examined. The present study developed a measure of SEC using lifetime residential addresses and examined SEC and residential mobility effects on later-life cognition. Method Older adults (N = 117, Mage = 75) reported addresses since birth. Latent SEC was constructed from census income, employment, and education (1920-2010) for each county and census year, extrapolated between census years. Controlling for current SES, SEC in childhood (ages 0-18) and adulthood (ages 19-60), with finer granulations in young adulthood (ages 19-39) and midlife (ages 40-60), predicted later-life cognition. Effects of residential mobility on later-life cognition were also examined. Results Higher childhood and adulthood SEC were associated with better Auditory Verbal Learning Test recognition (β = .24, p = .012) and immediate recall (β = .26, p = .008). Higher midlife SEC was associated with faster task switching (β = .26, p = .025) and better task switching efficiency (β = .27, p = .022). Higher residential mobility in childhood was associated with higher crystallized intelligence (β = .194, p = .040). Discussion Independent of current SES, childhood and adulthood SEC predicted later-life cognition, which may be sensitive to effects of social institutions and environmental health. SEC assessed across the lifespan, and related residential mobility information may be important complements to SES in predicting later-life cognitive health.
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- April B Scott
- Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington
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- Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington
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- Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington
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Hughes AE, Tiro JA, Balasubramanian BA, Skinner CS, Pruitt SL. Social Disadvantage, Healthcare Utilization, and Colorectal Cancer Screening: Leveraging Longitudinal Patient Address and Health Records Data. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2018; 27:1424-1432. [PMID: 30135072 PMCID: PMC6279539 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-18-0446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Social disadvantage predicts colorectal cancer outcomes across the cancer care continuum for many populations and places. For medically underserved populations, social disadvantage is likely intersectional-affecting individuals at multiple levels and through membership in multiple disadvantaged groups. However, most measures of social disadvantage are cross-sectional and limited to race, ethnicity, and income. Linkages between electronic health records (EHR) and external datasets offer rich, multilevel measures that may be more informative. METHODS We identified urban safety-net patients eligible and due for colorectal cancer screening from the Parkland-UT Southwestern PROSPR cohort. We assessed one-time screening receipt (via colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical test) in the 18 months following cohort entry via the EHR. We linked EHR data to housing and Census data to generate measures of social disadvantage at the parcel- and block-group level. We evaluated the association of these measures with screening using multilevel logistic regression models controlling for sociodemographics, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. RESULTS Among 32,965 patients, 45.1% received screening. In adjusted models, residential mobility, residence type, and neighborhood majority race were associated with colorectal cancer screening. Nearly all measures of patient-level social disadvantage and healthcare utilization were significant. CONCLUSIONS Address-based linkage of EHRs to external datasets may have the potential to expand meaningful measurement of multilevel social disadvantage. Researchers should strive to use granular, specific data in investigations of social disadvantage. IMPACT Generating multilevel measures of social disadvantage through address-based linkages efficiently uses existing EHR data for applied, population-level research.
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- Amy E Hughes
- Department of Clinical Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas
- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences UTHealth in Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas
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Donley GAR, Lönnroos E, Tuomainen TP, Kauhanen J. Association of childhood stress with late-life dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: the KIHD study. Eur J Public Health 2018; 28:1069-1073. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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- Gwendolyn A R Donley
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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The influence of lifecourse financial strains on the later-life health of the Japanese as assessed by four models based on different health indicators. AGEING & SOCIETY 2018. [DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x18000673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AbstractIn this study, four models used for assessing the influence of lifecourse financial strains on later-life health (the latent period effects, pathway, social mobility and accumulative effects models) were tested in the context of Japan by using different types of health indicators: comorbidity, disabled activities of daily living, disabled cognitive function, self-rated health and depressive symptoms. We hypothesised that suitable models for describing the influence of financial strain would differ according to the type of health indicator used. Participants aged 60–92 years (N = 2,500) were obtained in 2012 by using a two-stage stratified random sampling method. The final number of participants in the sample was 1,324. The results indicate that three models – pathway, accumulative effects and social mobility – describe the influence of a person's lifecourse financial strain on comorbidity, cognitive function, self-rated health and depressive symptoms. In turn, the latent period effects model explains the influence of lifecourse financial strain on comorbidity. However, only the pathway model described the influence of lifecourse financial strain on activities of daily living. These results suggest that disadvantages in lifecourse socio-economic status influence the decline of health in elderly Japanese people, similar to people in Western countries. However, the finding that suitable models for describing the influence of socio-economic status on health will differ according to the type of health indicator is an original contribution of this study.
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Lee J, Bahk J, Khang YH. Associations Between Preschool Education Experiences and Adulthood Self-rated Health. J Prev Med Public Health 2017; 50:228-239. [PMID: 28768401 PMCID: PMC5541274 DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.16.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objectives This study aimed to examine the association between preschool education experiences and adulthood self-rated health using representative data from a national population-based survey. Methods Data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study in 2006 and 2012 were used. A total of 2391 men and women 21-41 years of age were analyzed. Log-binomial regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations between preschool education experience and self-rated health in adulthood. Parental socioeconomic position (SEP) indicators were considered as confounders of the association between preschool education experience and adulthood subjective health, while current SEP indicators were analyzed as mediators. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) and the associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated. Results Compared with men without any experience of preschool education, those with both kindergarten and other preschool education experiences showed a lower prevalence of self-rated poor health (PR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.89). In women, however, such an association was not evident. The relationship of preschool education experiences with self-rated poor health in adulthood among men was confounded by parental SEP indicators and was also mediated by current SEP indicators. After adjustment for parental and current SEP indicators, the magnitude of the associations between preschool education experiences and adulthood subjective health was attenuated in men. Conclusions Preschool education experience was associated with adulthood self-rated health in men. However, this association was explained by parental and current SEP indicators. Further investigations employing a larger sample size and objective health outcomes are warranted in the future.
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- Jeehye Lee
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Public Health, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
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Milner GR, Boldsen JL. Life not death: Epidemiology from skeletons. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY 2017; 17:26-39. [PMID: 28521910 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Analytically sophisticated paleoepidemiology is a relatively new development in the characterization of past life experiences. It is based on sound paleopathological observations, accurate age-at-death estimates, an explicit engagement with the nature of mortality samples, and analytical procedures that owe much to epidemiology. Of foremost importance is an emphasis on people, not skeletons. Transforming information gleaned from the dead, a biased sample of individuals who were once alive at each age, into a form that is informative about past life experiences has been a major challenge for bioarchaeologists, but recent work shows it can be done. The further development of paleoepidemiology includes essential contributions from paleopathology, archaeology or history (as appropriate), and epidemiology.
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- George R Milner
- Department of Anthropology, 409 Carpenter Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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- Unit of Anthropology [ADBOU], Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Lucernemarken 20, DK 5260 Odense S, Denmark.
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Kilpi F, Silventoinen K, Konttinen H, Martikainen P. Early-life and adult socioeconomic determinants of myocardial infarction incidence and fatality. Soc Sci Med 2017; 177:100-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mujahid MS, James SA, Kaplan GA, Salonen JT. Socioeconomic position, John Henryism, and incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Finnish men. Soc Sci Med 2016; 173:54-62. [PMID: 27923154 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Previous cross-sectional studies examining whether John Henryism (JH), or high-effort coping with socioeconomic adversity, potentiates the inverse association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and cardiovascular health have focused mainly on hypertension in African Americans. We conducted the first longitudinal test of this hypothesis on incident acute myocardial infarction (AMI) using data from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study in Finland (N = 1405 men, 42-60 years). We hypothesized that the expected inverse gradient between SEP and AMI risk would be stronger for men scoring high on JH than for those scoring low. John Henryism was measured by a Finnish version of the JH Scale for Active Coping. Four different measures of SEP were used: childhood SEP, education, income, and occupation. AMI hazard ratios (HR) by SEP and JH were estimated using COX proportional hazard models, before and after adjustment for study covariates. 205 cases of AMI occurred over a median of 14.9 years. Men employed in lower rank (farmer, blue-collar) occupations who scored high on JH had significantly higher age-adjusted risks of AMI than men in higher rank (white-collar) occupations (HR = 3.14, 95% CI: 1.65-5.98 for blue collar; HR = 2.33, 95% CI: 1.04-5.22 for farmers) who also scored high on JH. No socioeconomic differences in AMI were observed for men who scored low on JH (HR = 1.36, 95% CI: 0.74-2.47 for blue collar; HR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.59-1.48 for farmers; p = 0.002 for the SEP × JH interaction). These findings persisted after adjustment for sociodemographic, behavioral, and biological factors. Results for other SEP measures were in the same direction, but did not reach statistical significance. Repetitive high-effort coping with adversity (John Henryism) was independently associated with increased risk for AMI in Finnish men, underscoring the potential relevance of the John Henryism hypothesis to CVD outcomes other than hypertension and to populations other than African Americans.
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- Mahasin S Mujahid
- Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, 105 Haviland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7358, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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- Metabolic Analytical Services Inc., Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Guedes DT, Vafaei A, Alvarado BE, Curcio CL, Guralnik JM, Zunzunegui MV, Guerra RO. Experiences of violence across life course and its effects on mobility among participants in the International Mobility in Aging Study. BMJ Open 2016; 6:e012339. [PMID: 27737884 PMCID: PMC5073515 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Life course exposure to violence may lead to disability in old age. We examine associations and pathways between life course violence and mobility disability in older participants of the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). METHODS A cross-sectional study using IMIAS 2012 baseline. Men and women aged 65-74 years were recruited at 5 cities (n=1995): Kingston and Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada), Tirana (Albania), Manizales (Colombia) and Natal (Brazil). Mobility was assessed by the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and by 2 questions on difficulty in walking and climbing stairs. Childhood physical abuse history and the HITS instrument were used to gather information on childhood exposure to violence and violence by intimate partners or family members. Multivariate logistic regression and mediation analysis models were constructed to explore the significance of direct and indirect effects of violence on mobility. Interaction effects of gender on violence and on each of the mediators were tested. RESULTS Experiences of physical violence at any point of life were associated with mobility disability (defined as SPPB<8 or limitation in walking/climbing stairs) while psychological violence was not. Chronic conditions, C reactive protein, physical activity and depression mediated the effect of childhood exposure to violence on both mobility outcomes. Chronic conditions and depression were pathways between family and partner violence and both mobility outcomes. Physical activity was a significant pathway linking family violence to mobility. Gender interactions were not significant. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide evidence for the detrimental effects of life course exposure to violence on mobility in later life.
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- Dimitri Taurino Guedes
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Cruz, Brazil
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Facultad de Ciencias para la Salud, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
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- Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, École de Santé Publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Han DH, Khang YH. Lifecourse socioeconomic position indicators and tooth loss in Korean adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2016; 45:74-83. [DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Dong-Hun Han
- Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry; Seoul National University School of Dentistry; Seoul South Korea
- Dental Research Institute; Seoul National University; Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Health Policy and Management; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul South Korea
- Institute of Health Policy and Management; Seoul National University Medical Research Center; Seoul South Korea
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Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? Online J Public Health Inform 2016; 8:e186. [PMID: 27752296 PMCID: PMC5065521 DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i2.6643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
In the modern era, with high-throughput technology and large data size,
associational studies are actively being generated. Some have statistical and
clinical validity and utility, or at least have biologically plausible
relationships, while others may not. Recently, the potential effect of birth
month on lifetime disease risks has been studied in a phenome-wide model. We
evaluated the associations between birth month and 5 cardiovascular
disease-related outcomes in an independent registry of 8,346 patients from
Ontario, Canada in 1977-2014. We used descriptive statistics and logistic
regression, along with model-fit and discrimination statistics. Hypertension and
coronary heart disease (of primary interest) were most prevalent in those who
were born in January and April, respectively, as observed in the previous study.
Other outcomes showed weak or opposite associations. Ancillary analyses (based
on raw blood pressures and subgroup analyses by sex) demonstrated inconsistent
patterns and high randomness. Our study was based on a high risk population and
could not provide scientific explanations. As scientific values and clinical
implications can be different, readers are encouraged to read the original and
our papers together for more objective interpretations of the potential impact
of birth month on individual and public health as well as toward
cumulative/total evidence in general.
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Alvarado BE, Guerra RO, Zunzunegui MV. Gender Differences in Lower Extremity Function in Latin American Elders. J Aging Health 2016; 19:1004-24. [DOI: 10.1177/0898264307308618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective: The authors examined the contribution of life-course exposures to gender differences in mobility in later life. Method: Data originate from a survey of persons aged 60 and older living in six Latin American and Caribbean cities ( n = 10,661). Lower extremity limitations (LEL) were defined as the presence of three or more reported difficulties with five activities: lifting and carrying 10 lb, walking several blocks, climbing a flight of stairs, kneeling/ stooping/crouching, and getting up from a chair. Data were pooled after testing homogeneity of effects across cities. A multivariate model was fitted using logistic regression analysis. Complete data analyses were performed on 8,166 (72%) participants. Results: Prevalence of LEL varies across cities (9.3—23.7% in men, 23.3—42.9% in women). Intervening life-course and health factors explained a small proportion of the gender difference in LEL (odds ratio = 2.39; 95% confidence interval = 2.04—2.79). Childhood hunger was predictive of LEL in women, and a stronger association between depression and LEL was found in men than in women. Little education and insufficient income were associated with LEL for both men and women. Discussion: Life-course exposures predict mobility, but further research is needed to identify intervening factors relating gender to mobility in old age.
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Gender differences in the relationships between psychosocial factors and hypertension. Maturitas 2016; 93:58-64. [PMID: 27338977 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gender differences in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and outcomes of cardiovascular disease are well established but there is still a lack of awareness of this both in the general population and among healthcare providers. In addition to the traditionally recognized cardiovascular risk factors, more recently psychosocial risk factors such as stress, mood disorders, low socioeconomic status and sleep disorders have been linked to cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Psychosocial factors may have different cardiovascular consequences in men and women; thus further efforts are required to explore pathophysiological mechanisms, to obtain gender-specific data from clinical trials and to translate this knowledge into everyday clinical practice.
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Hemmingsson T, Danielsson AK, Falkstedt D. Fathers’ alcohol consumption and risk of alcohol-related hospitalization in offspring before 60 years of age. DRUGS: EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND POLICY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2016.1186154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Tomas Hemmingsson
- Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden,
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Isasi CR, Jung M, Parrinello CM, Kaplan RC, Kim R, Crespo NC, Gonzalez P, Gouskova NA, Penedo FJ, Perreira KM, Perrino T, Sotres-Alvarez D, Van Horn L, Gallo LC. Association of Childhood Economic Hardship with Adult Height and Adult Adiposity among Hispanics/Latinos. The HCHS/SOL Socio-Cultural Ancillary Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149923. [PMID: 26919283 PMCID: PMC4769180 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The study examined the association of childhood and current economic hardship with anthropometric indices in Hispanic/Latino adults, using data from the HCHS/SOL Socio-cultural ancillary study (N = 5,084), a community-based study of Hispanic/Latinos living in four urban areas (Bronx, NY, Chicago, IL, Miami, FL, and San Diego, CA). Childhood economic hardship was defined as having experienced a period of time when one's family had trouble paying for basic needs (e.g., food, housing), and when this economic hardship occurred: between 0-12, 13-18 years old, or throughout both of those times. Current economic hardship was defined as experiencing trouble paying for basic needs during the past 12 months. Anthropometry included height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and percentage body fat (%BF). Complex survey linear regression models were used to test the associations of childhood economic hardship with adult anthropometric indices, adjusting for potential confounders (e.g., age, sex, Hispanic background). Childhood economic hardship varied by Hispanic background, place of birth, and adult socio-economic status. Childhood economic hardship during both periods, childhood and adolescence, was associated with shorter height. Childhood economic hardship was associated with greater adiposity among US born individuals only. Current economic hardship was significantly associated with all three measures of adiposity (BMI, WC, %BF). These findings suggest that previous periods of childhood economic hardship appear to influence adult height more than adiposity, whereas current economic hardship may be a better determinant of adult adiposity in Hispanics.
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- Carmen R. Isasi
- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States of America
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- School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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- Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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Umeda M, Oshio T, Fujii M. The impact of the experience of childhood poverty on adult health-risk behaviors in Japan: a mediation analysis. Int J Equity Health 2015; 14:145. [PMID: 26645322 PMCID: PMC4673773 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The experience of childhood poverty has a long-lasting, adverse impact on physical health outcomes in adulthood. We examined the mediating effects of adult socioeconomic status (SES) and social support on the association between childhood poverty and adult health-risk behaviors. Methods Cross-sectional data collected from Japanese community residents (N = 3836) were used. A binary indicator of the experience of childhood poverty was constructed by utilizing retrospectively assessed standard of living at age 15 and a set of parental SES variables. The associations of childhood poverty with smoking, lack of exercise, poor dietary habits, and excessive drinking at the time of survey were examined by logistic regression analysis. A mediation analysis was conducted to estimate the magnitudes of the mediating effects of adult SES and social support on these associations. Results Adult SES and social support together mediated 64.0, 29.4 and 30.6 % of the impacts of the experience of childhood poverty on smoking, lack of exercise, and poor dietary habits, respectively. Educational attainment had the largest mediating effect (58.2 %) on the impact of the experience of childhood poverty on smoking. Conclusions The results suggest that interventions and policies for supporting children living in poverty should aim to enhance their future SES and provide better social support, as this might improve their overall health.
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- Maki Umeda
- College of Nursing, St. Luke's International University, 3-8-5 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
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- Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8603, Japan.
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- Department of Education, Hokkaido University of Education-Hakodate, 1-2 Hachimanchou, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 040-8567, Japan.
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Royal-Thomas T, McGee D, Sinha D, Osmond C, Forrester T. Association of maternal blood pressure in pregnancy with blood pressure of their offspring through adolescence. J Perinat Med 2015; 43:695-701. [PMID: 25178900 DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2014-0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This article looks at the association of maternal blood pressure with the blood pressure of the offspring from birth to childhood. The Barker hypothesis states that maternal and "in utero" attributes during pregnancy affect a child's cardiovascular health throughout life. We present an analysis of a unique dataset that consists of three distinct developmental processes: maternal cardiovascular health during pregnancy; fetal development; and child's cardiovascular health from birth to 14 years. This study explored whether a mother's blood pressure reading in pregnancy predicts fetal development and determines if this in turn is related to the future cardiovascular health of the child. This article uses data that have been collected prospectively from a Jamaican cohort which involves the following three developmental processes: (1) maternal cardiovascular health during pregnancy which is the blood pressure and anthropometric measurements at seven time-points on the mother during pregnancy; (2) fetal development which consists of ultrasound measurements of the fetus taken at six time-points during pregnancy; and (3) child's cardiovascular health which consists of the child's blood pressure measurements at 24 time-points from birth to 14 years. The inter-relationship of these three processes was examined using linear mixed effects models. Our analyses indicated that attributes later in childhood development, such as child's weight, child's baseline systolic blood pressure (SBP), age and sex, predict the future cardiovascular health of children. The results also indicated that maternal attributes in pregnancy, such as mother's baseline SBP and SBP change, predicted significantly child's SBP over time.
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Han DH, Khang YH, Choi HJ. Association of parental education with tooth loss among Korean Elders. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2015; 43:489-99. [PMID: 26012559 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There are few reports showing an association between childhood socioeconomic circumstances and tooth loss among the elderly. The purpose of this study was (i) to examine the association between early childhood socioeconomic position (parental education level) and tooth loss and (ii) to determine the relative effects of the subjects' education level, occupation, and income on tooth loss in Korean elders. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from the fourth and fifth Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey on 8814 Korean elders (age ≥65 years) were analyzed. Demographic factors (age, survey year, marital status, and residence area), health behaviors (dental check-up during the past year and cigarette smoking), and the presence of a somatic health problem (diabetes) were included in our gender-specific analyses. Tooth loss was defined as edentulism or severe tooth loss (<20 teeth). For our analyses, chi-square test and Student's t-tests and multiple logistic regressions were performed. RESULTS A low parental education level was associated with elevated odds of edentulism (OR = 1.87 for father's education and 1.52 for mother's education among male elders and OR = 1.73 for father's education and 1.55 for mother's education among female elders) and with severe tooth loss (OR = 1.58 for father's education and 1.53 for mother's education among male elders and OR = 1.25 for father's education and 1.48 for mother's education among female elders). The association between parental education level and tooth loss was attenuated after adjusting for the subject's education level, occupation, and income. Relative magnitude of attenuation varied with personal factors (education > income > occupation). In a fully adjusted model, father's education level was significantly associated with edentate status (OR = 1.96 for male elders and 1.46 for female elders), but not with severe tooth loss. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that early life socioeconomic circumstances measured by the father's education level were independently associated with the edentate status of Korean elders.
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- Dong-Hun Han
- Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.,Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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Li M. Chronic exposure of grandparents to poverty and body mass index trajectories of grandchildren: a prospective intergenerational study. Am J Epidemiol 2015; 181:163-70. [PMID: 25587176 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In this study, I used the growth curve model to examine the association between grandparents' (first generation (G1)) life-course exposure to chronic poverty and grandchildren's (third generation (G3)) body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) growth trajectories. This association was estimated separately for male and female grandchildren. Analyses were based on prospective data from a US longitudinal survey, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1968-2011), and 2 of its supplemental studies: the Child Development Supplement (1997-2011) and the Transition into Adulthood Study (1997-2011). A prospectively enrolled nationally representative cohort of 2,613 G3 youth (1,323 male, 1,290 female) sampled in the 2 supplemental studies was linked to 1,719 grandparents from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics core sample. Chronic exposure to poverty among grandparents was prospectively ascertained annually over a 30-year period prior to the collection of data on grandchildren. Findings suggested that grandparents' chronic poverty exposure was positively associated with the slope of the BMI trajectory among granddaughters (β = 0.10, 95% confidence interval: 0.03, 0.17) but not among grandsons (β = 0.02, 95% confidence interval: -0.04, 0.08). The association between grandparents' chronic poverty exposure and granddaughters' BMI growth slope remained even after controlling for parental (second generation (G2)) socioeconomic status and BMI.
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Johnson-Lawrence V, Galea S, Kaplan G. Cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage and cardiovascular disease mortality in the Alameda County Study 1965 to 2000. Ann Epidemiol 2014; 25:65-70. [PMID: 25534510 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Socioeconomic disadvantage is often evaluated at single points in the adult life course in health research. Social mobility models suggest that socioeconomic patterns may also influence disease risk. This study examines cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage (CSD) in relation to cardiovascular disease mortality (CVDM). METHODS Data were from the Alameda County Study (n = 2530). The CSD indices included father's education, the respondent's education, and either average or latent variable trajectory models of adulthood household income (1965-1994). Proportional hazards models were used to assess the associations between CSD and CVDM. RESULTS The CSD measures were not associated with CVDM in men. Among women, the magnitude of the association between CSD and CVDM was greater for the income trajectory (hazard ratio3 vs 0 = 4.73, 95% confidence interval = 2.20-10.18) compared with the average income (hazard ratio3 vs 0 = 3.78, 95% confidence interval = 1.67-8.53) CSD measure. CONCLUSIONS Measures of CSD that incorporate patterning of resources over the life course were associated with CVDM for women but not men. Patterning of available socioeconomic resources may differentially influence chronic disease risk and mortality by gender, and future work should continue to investigate how greater patterns variability in available resources influences health outcomes.
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- Vicki Johnson-Lawrence
- Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Agahi N, Shaw BA, Fors S. Social and economic conditions in childhood and the progression of functional health problems from midlife into old age. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014; 68:734-40. [PMID: 24759781 PMCID: PMC4112427 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Childhood living conditions have been found to predict health and mortality in midlife and in old age. This study examines the associations between social and economic childhood conditions and the onset and progression of functional health problems from midlife into old age, and the extent to which potential associations are mediated by educational attainment and smoking. METHODS Data from the Level of Living Survey and the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old were merged to create a longitudinal data set with five repeated measures from 1968 to 2004 (n=1765, aged 30-50 years and free from functional health problems at baseline). Multilevel regression models were used to analyse retrospective reports of social and economic conditions in childhood (eg, conflicts or economic problems in the family) in relation to the progression of functional health problems over the 36-year period. RESULTS Results showed that social and economic disadvantages in childhood were associated with an earlier onset and a faster progression of functional health problems from midlife into old age. Subsequent models showed that differences in educational attainment, but not smoking, explained much of the association between childhood disadvantages and trajectories of functional health problems. CONCLUSIONS According to these results, adverse social and economic conditions in childhood affect the development of functional health problems from midlife into old age indirectly through less favourable life careers, including lower education. Creating equal opportunities for educational attainment may help reduce the long-term effects of disadvantaged childhood conditions and postpone functional health problems.
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- Neda Agahi
- Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet/Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Public Health, University of Albany, State University of New York, New York, USA
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- Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet/Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Elo IT, Martikainen P, Myrskylä M. Socioeconomic status across the life course and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Finland. Soc Sci Med 2013; 119:198-206. [PMID: 24369809 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We used high quality register based data to study the relationship between childhood and adult socio-demographic characteristics and all-cause and cause-specific mortality at ages 35-72 in Finland among cohorts born in 1936-1950. The analyses were based on a 10% sample of households drawn from the 1950 Finnish Census of Population with the follow-up of household members in subsequent censuses and death records beginning from the end of 1970 through the end of 2007. The strengths of these data come from the fact that neither childhood nor adult characteristics are self reported and thus are not subject to recall bias, misreporting and no loss to follow-up after age 35. In addition, the study population includes several families with at least two children enabling us to control for unobserved family characteristics. We documented significant associations between early life social and family conditions on all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality, with protective effects of higher childhood socio-demographic characteristics varying between 10% and 30%. These associations were mostly mediated through adult educational attainment and occupation, suggesting that the indirect effects of childhood conditions were more important than their direct effects. We further found that adult socioeconomic status was a significant predictor of mortality. The associations between adult characteristics and mortality were robust to controls for observed and unobserved childhood characteristics. The results imply that long-term adverse health consequences of disadvantaged early life social circumstances may be mitigated by investments in educational and employment opportunities in early adulthood.
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- Irma T Elo
- Population Studies Center & Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 18, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.
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Bang H, Chiu YL, Kaufman JS, Patel MD, Heiss G, Rose KM. Bias Correction Methods for Misclassified Covariates in the Cox Model: comparison offive correction methods by simulation and data analysis. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE 2013; 7:381-400. [PMID: 24072991 PMCID: PMC3780447 DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2013.772830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Measurement error/misclassification is commonplace in research when variable(s) can notbe measured accurately. A number of statistical methods have been developed to tackle this problemin a variety of settings and contexts. However, relatively few methods are available to handlemisclassified categorical exposure variable(s) in the Cox proportional hazards regression model. Inthis paper, we aim to review and compare different methods to handle this problem - naïvemethods, regression calibration, pooled estimation, multiple imputation, corrected score estimation,and MC-SIMEX - by simulation. These methods are also applied to a life course study with recalleddata and historical records. In practice, the issue of measurement error/misclassification should beaccounted for in design and analysis, whenever possible. Also, in the analysis, it could be moreideal to implement more than one correction method for estimation and inference, with properunderstanding of underlying assumptions.
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- Heejung Bang
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University ofCalifornia, Davis, CA, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, WeillCornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGillUniversity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Association of lifecourse socioeconomic status with chronic inflammation and type 2 diabetes risk: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. PLoS Med 2013; 10:e1001479. [PMID: 23843750 PMCID: PMC3699448 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Socioeconomic adversity in early life has been hypothesized to "program" a vulnerable phenotype with exaggerated inflammatory responses, so increasing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. The aim of this study is to test this hypothesis by assessing the extent to which the association between lifecourse socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes incidence is explained by chronic inflammation. METHODS AND FINDINGS We use data from the British Whitehall II study, a prospective occupational cohort of adults established in 1985. The inflammatory markers C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 were measured repeatedly and type 2 diabetes incidence (new cases) was monitored over an 18-year follow-up (from 1991-1993 until 2007-2009). Our analytical sample consisted of 6,387 non-diabetic participants (1,818 women), of whom 731 (207 women) developed type 2 diabetes over the follow-up. Cumulative exposure to low socioeconomic status from childhood to middle age was associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.96, 95% confidence interval: 1.48-2.58 for low cumulative lifecourse socioeconomic score and HR = 1.55, 95% confidence interval: 1.26-1.91 for low-low socioeconomic trajectory). 25% of the excess risk associated with cumulative socioeconomic adversity across the lifecourse and 32% of the excess risk associated with low-low socioeconomic trajectory was attributable to chronically elevated inflammation (95% confidence intervals 16%-58%). CONCLUSIONS In the present study, chronic inflammation explained a substantial part of the association between lifecourse socioeconomic disadvantage and type 2 diabetes. Further studies should be performed to confirm these findings in population-based samples, as the Whitehall II cohort is not representative of the general population, and to examine the extent to which social inequalities attributable to chronic inflammation are reversible.
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Niedzwiedz CL, Katikireddi SV, Pell JP, Mitchell R. Life course socio-economic position and quality of life in adulthood: a systematic review of life course models. BMC Public Health 2012; 12:628. [PMID: 22873945 PMCID: PMC3490823 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A relationship between current socio-economic position and subjective quality of life has been demonstrated, using wellbeing, life and needs satisfaction approaches. Less is known regarding the influence of different life course socio-economic trajectories on later quality of life. Several conceptual models have been proposed to help explain potential life course effects on health, including accumulation, latent, pathway and social mobility models. This systematic review aimed to assess whether evidence supported an overall relationship between life course socio-economic position and quality of life during adulthood and if so, whether there was support for one or more life course models. METHODS A review protocol was developed detailing explicit inclusion and exclusion criteria, search terms, data extraction items and quality appraisal procedures. Literature searches were performed in 12 electronic databases during January 2012 and the references and citations of included articles were checked for additional relevant articles. Narrative synthesis was used to analyze extracted data and studies were categorized based on the life course model analyzed. RESULTS Twelve studies met the eligibility criteria and used data from 10 datasets and five countries. Study quality varied and heterogeneity between studies was high. Seven studies assessed social mobility models, five assessed the latent model, two assessed the pathway model and three tested the accumulation model. Evidence indicated an overall relationship, but mixed results were found for each life course model. Some evidence was found to support the latent model among women, but not men. Social mobility models were supported in some studies, but overall evidence suggested little to no effect. Few studies addressed accumulation and pathway effects and study heterogeneity limited synthesis. CONCLUSIONS To improve potential for synthesis in this area, future research should aim to increase study comparability. Recommendations include testing all life course models within individual studies and the use of multiple measures of socio-economic position and quality of life. Comparable cross-national data would be beneficial to enable investigation of between-country differences.
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- Claire L Niedzwiedz
- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Pesonen AK, Räikkönen K. The lifespan consequences of early life stress. Physiol Behav 2012; 106:722-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kauhanen L, Leino J, Lakka HM, Lynch JW, Kauhanen J. Adverse childhood experiences and risk of binge drinking and drunkenness in middle-aged finnish men. Adv Prev Med 2011; 2011:478741. [PMID: 22111009 PMCID: PMC3216364 DOI: 10.4061/2011/478741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Objective. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between adverse childhood experiences and binge drinking and drunkenness in adulthood using both historical and recalled data from childhood. Methods. Data on childhood adverse experiences were collected from school health records and questionnaires completed in adulthood. Adulthood data were obtained from the baseline examinations of the male participants (n = 2682) in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD) in 1984-1989 from eastern Finland. School health records from the 1930s to 1950s were available for a subsample of KIHD men (n = 952). Results. According to the school health records, men who had adverse childhood experiences had a 1.51-fold (95% CI 1.05 to 2.18) age- and examination-year adjusted odds of binge drinking in adulthood. After adjustment for socioeconomic position in adulthood or behavioural factors in adulthood, the association remained unchanged. Adjustment for socioeconomic position in childhood attenuated these effects. Also the recalled data showed associations with adverse childhood experiences and binge drinking with different beverages. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that childhood adversities are associated with increased risk of binge drinking in adulthood.
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- Laura Kauhanen
- Department of Public Health, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Leino J, Kauhanen L, Hokkinen L, Kurl S, Toriola AT, Voutilainen S, Lynch JW, Kauhanen J. Psychosocial problems in childhood and later alcohol consumption: a life course approach with historical information. Scand J Public Health 2011; 39:749-56. [PMID: 21948991 DOI: 10.1177/1403494811421056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIMS Childhood psychosocial problems have been associated with poor alcohol habits in adulthood. The purpose of this study was to investigate further the association in men by using information from historical health records. METHODS As part of the epidemiological FinDrink Study, we examined the association between childhood psychosocial problems and total ethanol consumption, binge drinking, and abstinence in later life among Finnish men. The participants were a sample from the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD), a population-based cohort study in eastern Finland. The data on childhood psychosocial factors were collected from health records (n = 952, 35.5% of the entire study sample), mainly from the 1930s to the 1950s. Questionnaire data on alcohol consumption were obtained from the baseline examinations of the KIHD cohort in 1984-1989. RESULTS Controlling for age and examination year, the men who had been considered psychosocially disadvantaged by elementary school nurses had a 2.72-fold (95% confidence interval 1.30-5.65) risk of bingeing on fortified wine in later life. After adjustment for adulthood behavioural and socioeconomic factors the association (odds ratio 3.71, 95% confidence interval 1.56-8.84) appeared even stronger. Childhood psychosocial problems also contributed to abstinence, but did not appear to increase the total amount of ethanol consumed. CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial problems observed in boys seem to contribute to different alcohol habits in later life. However, the factors eventually involved in the manifestation of problematic drinking patterns through the life course still require further research.
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- Janne Leino
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
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Pesonen AK, Räikkönen K, Kajantie E, Heinonen K, Osmond C, Barker DJP, Forsén T, Eriksson JG. Inter-generational social mobility following early life stress. Ann Med 2011; 43:320-8. [PMID: 21366512 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.549146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION. Socio-economic position (SEP) is a powerful source of health inequality. Less is known of early life conditions that may determine the course of adult SEP. We tested if early life stress (ELS) due to a separation from the parents during World War II predicts adult SEP, trajectories of incomes across the entire working career, and inter-generational social mobility. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Participants (n = 10,702) were from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study 1934-44. Compared to the non-separated, the separated individuals attained a lower SEP in adulthood. The separated whose fathers were manual workers were less likely to be upwardly mobile from paternal occupation category to higher categories of own occupation, education, and incomes. The separated whose fathers had junior and senior clerical occupations were more likely to be downwardly mobile. Comparison of trajectories of incomes across adulthood showed that the difference between the separated and the non-separated grew larger across time, such that among the separated the incomes decreased. CONCLUSIONS. This life-course study shows that severe ELS due to a separation from parents in childhood is associated with socio-economic disadvantage in adult life. Even high initial SEP in childhood may not protect from the negative effects of ELS.
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- Anu-Katriina Pesonen
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Finland
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Montez JK, Hayward MD. Early Life Conditions and Later Life Mortality. INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF ADULT MORTALITY 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9996-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Margolis R. Childhood Morbidity and Health in Early Adulthood: Life course linkages in a high morbidity context. ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH 2010; 15:132-146. [PMID: 21516232 PMCID: PMC3079227 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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This paper examines whether morbidity in early and later childhood is associated with health later in life. I investigate the relationship between five types of childhood morbidity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease among Guatemalan adults who experienced high levels of morbidity in childhood. The analysis is based on the Human Capital Study (2002-2004), a recent follow-up of the INCAP Longitudinal Study conducted between 1969 and 1977. I find that most types of childhood morbidity are associated with poorer adult health, independent of family background, adult socioeconomic status, and health behaviors. Higher levels of infections in childhood were associated with a low level of high density lipoprotein (HDL), and higher level of triglycerides, plasma glucose, waist circumference, and obesity (but not hypertension). These results are consistent with the literature that finds that childhood morbidity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality at older ages. However, diarrheal disease in later childhood was associated with lower levels of some risk factors, as measured by triglycerides and plasma glucose, suggesting that exposure to bacteria after infancy may be beneficial for some measures of adult health.
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Bernabé E, Suominen AL, Nordblad A, Vehkalahti MM, Hausen H, Knuuttila M, Kivimäki M, Watt RG, Sheiham A, Tsakos G. Education level and oral health in Finnish adults: evidence from different lifecourse models. J Clin Periodontol 2010; 38:25-32. [PMID: 21058971 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.2010.01647.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM To assess the relationship between education level and several oral health outcomes in Finnish adults, using three conceptual lifecourse models. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study analysed data from 7112 subjects, aged 30 years or over, who participated in the nationally representative Finnish Health 2000 Survey. Parental and own education levels were the childhood and adulthood socioeconomic measures, respectively. Oral health was indicated by edentulousness, perceived oral health and levels of dental caries and periodontal disease. Three conceptual lifecourse models, namely critical period, accumulation and social trajectories, were separately tested in regression models. RESULTS In line with the critical period model, parental and own education levels were independently associated with oral health after mutual adjustment. There was also a graded linear relationship between the number of periods of socioeconomic disadvantage and oral health, corresponding to the accumulation model. Gradual declines in oral health were evident between social trajectories from persistently high to upwardly mobile, downwardly mobile and persistently low groups. CONCLUSION There was similar support for the lifecourse models of critical period, accumulation and social trajectories. They collectively contribute to a better understanding of oral health inequalities.
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- Eduardo Bernabé
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
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Falkstedt D, Lundberg I, Hemmingsson T. Childhood socio-economic position and risk of coronary heart disease in middle age: a study of 49 321 male conscripts. Eur J Public Health 2010; 21:713-8. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Association between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and IQ in Swedish males aged 18-20. Brain Behav Immun 2010; 24:868-73. [PMID: 20226851 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2009] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate if signs of inflammation are associated with performance on a contemporaneous IQ-test in males aged 18-20. DESIGN Cohort study using data from the conscript register on performance on an IQ-test and on erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) measured in 1969/70. Data on cardiovascular risk factors measured at conscription and national register data on childhood circumstances at age 10 were considered as potential sources of confounding. Data from national registers was linked to the cohort in order to explore long term associations between ESR at age 18-20 and mortality between the years 1971-2006. SETTING 49,321 Swedish males aged 18-20, screened for general health and for mental and physical capacity at compulsory conscription examination before military service. RESULTS We found an inverse correlation between ESR and performance on an IQ-test. While an association was observed across IQ bands and ESR ranges, independent of cardiovascular risk factors or childhood circumstances, the association was slightly attenuated by adjustment for childhood socioeconomic position (SEP). An association between childhood SEP and ESR was detected that remained after adjusting for IQ. The ESR was also associated with future mortality following adjustment for childhood SEP. CONCLUSIONS Low-grade inflammation, as indicated by the ESR, is associated with reduced cognitive abilities already at age 18-20.
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Stringhini S, Dugravot A, Kivimaki M, Shipley M, Zins M, Goldberg M, Ferrie JE, Singh-Manoux A. Do different measures of early life socioeconomic circumstances predict adult mortality? Evidence from the British Whitehall II and French GAZEL studies. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010; 65:1097-103. [PMID: 20675701 DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.102376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Father's occupational position, education and height have all been used to examine the effects of adverse early life socioeconomic circumstances on health, but it remains unknown whether they predict mortality equally well. METHODS We used pooled data on 18,393 men and 7060 women from the Whitehall II and GAZEL cohorts to examine associations between early life socioeconomic circumstances and all-cause and cause-specific mortality. RESULTS During the 20-y follow-up period, 1487 participants died. Education had a monotonic association with all mortality outcomes; the age, sex and cohort-adjusted HR for the lowest versus the highest educational group was 1.45 (95% CI 1.24 to 1.69) for all-cause mortality. There was evidence of a U-shaped association between height and all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular mortality robust to adjustment for the other indicators (HR 1.41, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.93 for those shorter than average and HR 1.36, 95% CI 0.98 to 1.88 for those taller than average for cardiovascular mortality). Greater all-cause and cancer mortality was observed in participants whose father's occupational position was manual rather than non-manual (HR 1.11, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.23 for all-cause mortality), but the risks were attenuated after adjusting for education and height. CONCLUSIONS The association between early life socioeconomic circumstances and mortality depends on the socioeconomic indicator used and the cause of death examined. Height is not a straightforward measure of early life socioeconomic circumstances as taller people do not have a health advantage for all mortality outcomes.
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- Silvia Stringhini
- INSERM U1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, Villejuif Cedex, France.
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Tyynelä P, Goebeler S, Ilveskoski E, Mikkelsson J, Perola M, Löytönen M, Karhunen PJ. Birthplace in area with high coronary heart disease mortality predicts the severity of coronary atherosclerosis among middle-aged Finnish men who had migrated to capital area: the Helsinki sudden death study. Ann Med 2010; 42:286-95. [PMID: 20350252 DOI: 10.3109/07853891003621471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Reasons why eastern-born male Finns have higher coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality than do western-born men are still unsettled. Recently, eastern birthplace was found to be an independent predictor of pre-hospital sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the new low-mortality area of residence. AIM To investigate the association of birthplace with high CHD mortality attributes to more severe coronary atherosclerosis among men migrated to the low-mortality capital area. METHOD Coronary atherosclerosis was measured in 373 western-born and 314 eastern-born out-of-hospital male deaths aged 33-70 years in Helsinki (The Helsinki Sudden Death Study), covering 24.6% of male deaths within this age-group. CHD risk factors were obtained from an interview of a next of kin. RESULTS In multivariate analysis there was a strong birthplace-by-age interaction with atherosclerosis (P = 0.0005). Eastern-born men <54 years had larger areas of fatty streaks (P = 0.0195), fibrotic plaque (P = 0.0133), calcification (P = 0.0009), total plaque area (P = 0.0011), and greater stenosis (P = 0.0004) in the left coronary compared to western-born men, independent of CHD risk factors. Amongst older men (>or=54 years) such an association no longer appeared. CONCLUSION Higher CHD mortality among eastern-born men may be due to more severe coronary atherosclerosis independently of CHD risk factors, reflecting Finns' two-phase settlement history.
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- Petri Tyynelä
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical School, University of Tampere and Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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