查看文章

Social adversity is thought to become biologically embedded during sensitive periods of development which could set children on a trajectory of increased risk for later diseases. This study estimated the association between early socioeconomic circumstances and cardiometabolic biomarkers during childhood.

We analyzed data from 2962 participants in the birth cohort Generation XXI. Early socioeconomic circumstances included parental education and occupation and household income measured at the child's birth; cardiometabolic biomarkers included a set of parameters that were determined at seven and 10 years old. The association between early socioeconomic circumstances and cardiometabolic biomarkers in children aged seven and 10 years old was estimated using generalized estimating equations.

We observed, after adjustment for birth weight, sex, five-a-day fruit and vegetable intake and sedentary …