Citation
Huang, Jonathan Yinhao; Gariépy, Geneviève; Gavin, Amelia R.; Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali; Siscovick, David S.; & Enquobahrie, Daniel A. (2019). Maternal Education in Early Life and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adult American Females and Males: Disentangling Life Course Processes Through Causal Models. Epidemiology. vol. 30Abstract
Background: Maternal education in a child’s early life may directly affect the child’s adult cardiometabolic health, but this is difficult to disentangle from biological, social, and behavioral life course processes that are associated with maternal education. These processes may also differ between males and females. Methods: Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (1995–2009) (N = 4,026 females and 3,192 males), we estimated sex-stratified associations between maternal attainment of less than high school (URL
https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001068Reference Type
Journal ArticleJournal Title
EpidemiologyAuthor(s)
Huang, Jonathan YinhaoGariépy, Geneviève
Gavin, Amelia R.
Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali
Siscovick, David S.
Enquobahrie, Daniel A.