From Early Trauma to Cardiovascular Risk Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults

Citation

Parker, V. L. & La Manna, A. (2024). From Early Trauma to Cardiovascular Risk Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults. Child Maltreatment.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the connection between childhood abuse history and cardiovascular health indicators among a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 24–32. Using data from waves three and four of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (n = 4, 164) multivariate logistic regression was employed to investigate childhood trauma (i.e., childhood physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect) as predictors for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity. Results showed that adults who reported history of sexual abuse were 4.3 times more likely to report diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and those who reported childhood physical abuse at wave three had 1.4 times the odds of reporting high cholesterol diagnosis. Although trauma history is often calculated as a composite, some forms of childhood abuse may have greater impacts on cardiovascular risk than others. © The Author(s) 2024.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595241277122

Keyword(s)

cardiovascular disease

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Child Maltreatment

Author(s)

Parker, V. L.
La Manna, A.

Year Published

2024

ISSN/ISBN

10775595 (ISSN)

DOI

10.1177/10775595241277122

Reference ID

10477