Child maltreatment, early life socioeconomic disadvantage and all-cause mortality in mid-adulthood: findings from a prospective British birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Early-life adversities (ELAs) such as child maltreatment (neglect and abuse) and socioeconomic disadvantage have been associated with adult mortality. However, evidence is sparse for specific types of ELA. We aimed to establish whether specific ELAs (ie, different types of child maltreatment and socioeconomic disadvantage) were associated independently with all-cause mortality in mid-adulthood and to examine potential intermediary pathways.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

1958 British birth cohort: a longitudinal, population-based sample of individuals born in Great Britain during a single week in March 1958.

Participants

9310 males and females with data on child maltreatment and mortality (44/45-58 years).

Outcome measures

Mortality

SUBMITTER: Rogers NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461284 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature