Early Life Disadvantage and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms among Young Black Women.

ABSTRACT:

Overview

We examined the association between early-life socioeconomic disadvantage and depressive symptoms in adulthood and assessed whether social factors in adulthood modify the association.

Methods

The 11-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) assessed adult depressive symptoms among 1612 Black women and other participants with a uterus (hereafter participants) in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids. Baseline self-reported childhood factors (i.e., parents in the household, mother's educational attainment, food insecurity, neighborhood safety, childhood income, and quiet bedroom for sleep) were included in a latent class analysis to derive an early life disadvantage construct. Multivariable log-binomial models estimated the association

SUBMITTER: Martin CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360889 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature