Substantial evidence has accumulated supporting a causal link between childhood
adversity and risk for poor health years and even decades later. One interpretation of this …

Introduction Numerous studies have examined the consequences of childhood adversity
(CA) and socioeconomic status (SES) for health over the life course. However, few studies …

Objective: There has been an increased interest in the role of the childhood social
environment in the etiology of adult diseases in recent years. The present study examines …

Setting ACEs research in the broader context of the social determinants of health and the
biology of social adversity helps address the serious limitations that result from extrapolating …

Rationale Past research has established an association between childhood and adolescent
stressors and elevated inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in adulthood, but questions …

There is substantial debate in the field of epidemiology over the theoretical underpinnings of
socioeconomic status (SES)–disease mechanisms in the developed world. In particular, it …

Objective To examine whether and when effects of cumulative adversity in the first 7 years of
life are evident in relation to 3 childhood markers of risk for poor adult physical health. Study …

Childhood adversity has been associated with poor adult health. However, it is unclear
whether timing of adversity matters in this association and whether adversity is related to …

PURPOSE: Prospective evidence about whether the association of childhood adversity and
psychopathology attenuates across the lifecourse and whether effects on mid-life …

Most health disparities originate in childhood and extend across the life span. However,
studies on health disparities have predominantly focused on adults. This study evaluated the …