ASSOCIATIONS OF CHILDHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION WITH FRAILTY TRAJECTORIES AT OLDER AGE

Associations between childhood socioeconomic position and adulthood obesity.

Childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) is inversely associated with cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Obesity in adulthood may be a biologic mechanism. Objectives were to systematically review literature published between 1998 and 2008 that examined associations of childhood SEP with adulthood obesity. Five databases (Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Web of Science) we...

Socioeconomic position and coronary heart disease in older age: associations and possible pathways (without appendix II)

Socioeconomic differences in childhood growth trajectories: at what age do height inequalities emerge?

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic differentials in adult height are frequently observed, but the age at which these inequalities emerge and the patterns they follow through childhood are unknown. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), height trajectories from birth to 10 years (N=12366) were modelled. Individual trajectories were estimated us...

Prenatal factors, childhood growth trajectories and age at menarche.

BACKGROUND In recent studies a larger birth size has been shown to delay the timing of menarche. The mechanisms underlying this association are not clear, however, as birthweight is a predictor of body size in childhood, and a large body size is known to be associated with an early onset of menarche. METHODS Data from a representative British cohort of 2547 girls born in 1946 who were followe...

Association of adult socioeconomic position with hypertension in older people.

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of obesity, adult behavioural risk factors, and markers of specific childhood exposures in the association between adult socioeconomic position and hypertension in a cohort of people aged 60 years and older. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Spain. PARTICIPANTS 4009 subjects representative of the Spanish non-institutionalised population aged 60 years an...