Evidence for the Association Between Adverse Childhood Family Environment, Child Abuse, and Caregiver Warmth and Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
Sherita Hill GoldenKiarri N KershawSongzhu ZhaoDavid M KlineGuy N BrockSara JaffeeSherita H GoldenGbenga OgedegbeJudith CarrollTeresa E SeemanJoshua J JosephPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2024)
Although risky family environmental factors in childhood increase the odds of poor longitudinal adult CVH, caregiver warmth may increase the odds of CVH, and socioeconomic attainment in adulthood may contextualize the level of risk. Toward a paradigm of primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease, childhood exposures and economic opportunity may play a crucial role in CVH across the life course.