Childhood adversity and women’s cardiometabolic health in adulthood: associations with health behaviors, psychological distress, mood symptoms, and personality

BackgroundWe tested whether childhood adversity is associated with poor cardiometabolic health in adulthood among a sample of overweight or obese Dutch women of reproductive age. Health behaviors, psychological distress, mood symptoms, or personality traits were included as potential mediators.MethodsData came from a follow-up visit (N = 115), carried out in 2016/2017, of a randomized controlled lifestyle intervention trial in 577 obese infertile women. The associations between total adversity exposure score and cardiometabolic health were tested with regression models. Sleep, smoking and eati... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van Dammen, Lotte
Bush, Nicole R
de Rooij, Susanne R
Mol, Ben Willem J
Groen, Henk
Hoek, Annemieke
Roseboom, Tessa J
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Reihe/Periodikum: BMC Women's Health, vol 19, iss 1
Verlag/Hrsg.: eScholarship
University of California
Schlagwörter: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / Midwifery / Public Health / Health Sciences / Reproductive Medicine / Behavioral and Social Science / Brain Disorders / Obesity / Mental Health / Prevention / Pediatric / Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities / Basic Behavioral and Social Science / Clinical Research / Depression / Aetiology / 2.3 Psychological / social and economic factors / Good Health and Well Being / Adult / Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Affect / Cardiovascular Diseases / Child / Feeding Behavior / Female / Health Behavior / Humans / Life Change Events / Metabolic Diseases / Netherlands / Personality / Sleep / Stress Disorders / Post-Traumatic / Stress / Psychological / Childhood adversity / Cardiometabolic health / Health behaviors / Mental wellbeing / Nursing / Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine / Public Health and Health Services / Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
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BackgroundWe tested whether childhood adversity is associated with poor cardiometabolic health in adulthood among a sample of overweight or obese Dutch women of reproductive age. Health behaviors, psychological distress, mood symptoms, or personality traits were included as potential mediators.MethodsData came from a follow-up visit (N = 115), carried out in 2016/2017, of a randomized controlled lifestyle intervention trial in 577 obese infertile women. The associations between total adversity exposure score and cardiometabolic health were tested with regression models. Sleep, smoking and eating behavior, symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, and personality traits were potential mediators.ResultsChildhood adversity scores were not associated with cardiometabolic outcomes but were associated with poorer sleep quality score (M = 7.2 (SD = 3.5) for those with ≥2 types of events versus 4.8 (2.9) for those with no events; p = 0.022), higher external eating score (26.4 (8.7) versus 21.8 (10.3); p = 0.038), higher perceived stress score (17.1 (6.8) versus 12.3 (4.5); p = 0.016), post-traumatic stress score (1.9 (1.5) versus 0.6 (1.1); p < 0.001), and lower agreeableness score (28.2 (4.2) versus 30.3 (3.1); p = 0.035).ConclusionChildhood adversity was associated with poorer health behaviors including sleep and eating behavior, and more stress-related symptoms, but not with women's cardiometabolic health.