Self-reported child maltreatment and cardiometabolic risk in 30-year-old adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with both dietary fat intake and obesity in later life. There is less information on associations with metabolic risk factors and specific types of CM such as physical, sexual and emotional abuse, as well as neglect.

Aims

To assess the association between five types of self-reported CM and a range of obesity and metabolic indicators in a subsample of a birth cohort.

Methods

This was a study of 1689 adults born in a major metropolitan maternity hospital in Australia and followed up 30 years later. Body mass index, bioimpedance and fasting lipid levels/insulin resistance were measured. Details on self-reported CM were collected using the Child Trauma Questionnaire. We adjusted for birth weight, parental income and rel

SUBMITTER: Kisely S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature