Early-Life Circumstances, Health Behavior Profiles, and Later-Life Health in Great Britain.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Drawing on UK Household Longitudinal Study data, this study assessed a pathway from early-life disadvantage to suboptimal later-life health via health behavior. Methods: Latent class analysis was used to identify distinct smoking, nutrition, alcohol, and physical activity health behavior profiles. Mediation analyses were performed to assess indirect effects of early-life disadvantage via health behavior on allostatic load, an objective measure of physiological wear and tear. Results: Four health behavior profiles were identified: (1) broadly healthy and high alcohol consumption, (2) low smoking and alcohol consumption, healthy nutrition, and physically inactive, (3) broadly unhealthy and low alcohol consumption, and (4) broadl

SUBMITTER: van den Broek T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120632 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun-Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature