Maternal Education in Early Life and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adult American Females and Males: Disentangling Life Course Processes Through Causal Models

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. 30

Abstract

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.0000000000001068

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Epidemiology

Author(s)

Huang, Jonathan Yinhao
Gariépy, Geneviève
Gavin, Amelia R.
Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali
Siscovick, David S.
Enquobahrie, Daniel A.

Year Published

2019

Volume Number

30

ISSN/ISBN

1044-3983

DOI

10.1097/ede.0000000000001068

Reference ID

6070