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

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van Dammen, Lotte, Bush, Nicole R., de Rooij, Susanne R., Mol, Ben Willem J., Groen, Henk, Hoek, Annemieke, Roseboom, Tessa J.·2019·BMC Women's Health
DOI 10.1186/s12905-019-0797-zPMC PMC6652022
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BACKGROUND: We 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. METHODS: Data 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. RESULTS: Childhood 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). CONCLUSION: Childhood adversity was associated with poorer health behaviors including sleep and eating behavior, and more stress-related symptoms, but not with women's cardiometabolic health.

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van Dammen, L., Bush, N. R., de Rooij, S. R., Mol, B. W. J., Groen, H., Hoek, A., & Roseboom, T. J.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Monash University (AU)
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
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Venue
BMC Women's Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-07-23
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
102-102
ISSN
1472-6874 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s12905-019-0797-z
PMC
PMC6652022
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W2964230213
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Funders
  • ZonMw (50-50110-96-518)
  • Hartstichting (2013T085)
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (633595)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
Keywords
childhood adversity, cardiometabolic health, women's health, obesity, overweight, sleep quality, dietary habits, external eating, perceived stress, post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, agreeableness, personality traits, psychological distress, health behavior, mediators
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Cardiovascular Diseases, Child, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Metabolic Diseases, Netherlands, Personality, Sleep, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress, Psychological, Health Behavior, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

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