Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adiposity in Adolescents: A Cross-Cohort Comparison.

Ana Luiza Gonçalves SoaresAlicia MatijasevichAna M B MenezesMaria Cecília AssunçãoFernando C WehrmeisterLaura D HoweHelen Gonçalves

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2017)

This study found some evidence of an association between an ACE score and adiposity in adolescence in a United Kingdom cohort but no evidence of association in a Brazilian cohort. Residual confounding or context-specific relationships could explain the different pattern of associations.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
young adults
physical activity
mental health
type diabetes
angiotensin ii
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
cross sectional
early life
childhood cancer