Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strong relationships between exposure to childhood traumatic stressors and smoking behaviours inspire the question whether these adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with an increased risk of lung cancer during adulthood.

Methods

Baseline survey data on health behaviours, health status and exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were collected from 17,337 adults during 1995-1997. ACEs included abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), witnessing domestic violence, parental separation or divorce, or growing up in a household where members with mentally ill, substance abusers, or sent to prison. We used the ACE score (an integer count of the 8 categories of ACEs) as a measure of cumulative exposure to traumatic stress during childhood. Two methods

SUBMITTER: Brown DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2826284 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature