Childhood socioeconomic position and cardiometabolic risk in young adulthood- the impact of mental health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low socioeconomic position in childhood is associated with greater cardiometabolic disease risk later in life. The aim of the current study is to examine the mediating impact of mental health on the association between childhood socioeconomic position and cardiometabolic disease risk in young adulthood.

Methods

We used a combination of national registers, longitudinal questionnaire-data and clinical measurements from a sub-sample (N = 259) of a Danish youth cohort. Childhood socioeconomic position was indicated by the educational level of the mother and the father at age 14. Mental health was measured by four different symptom scales at four age-points (age 15, 18, 21 and 28), and combined into one global score. Cardiometabolic disease risk was measured by nine bi

SUBMITTER: Kempel MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10265760 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature