Childhood adversity trajectories and weight status in young adult men: a register-based study including 359,783 Danish men
Authors' conclusion
Childhood adversity, experienced between 0 and 15 years of life, was associated with a higher risk of underweight, overweight, and obesity in young adulthood among men.
Study context
- Population
- Danish men in the Danish Life Course Cohort (DANLIFE) linked with the Danish Conscription Registry; height and weight assessed at draft board examination at age 18–26 years
- Participants
- 359,783 men
- Exposure
- Childhood adversity trajectories vs low adversity
- Outcome
- Weight categories (underweight, overweight, obesity) in young adulthood
- Follow-up
- Age 18-26 years
Methodological detailspopulation-based, prospectively obtained adversity trajectories, multinomial regression
- Population-based
- Prospectively obtained adversity trajectories
- Multinomial regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Weight categories in young adulthood
Underweight; adjusted for parental origin, birth year, age at draft board examination and maternal age
1.44
CI 1.32–1.58
Obesity; adjusted for parental origin, birth year, age at draft board examination and maternal age
1.50
CI 1.39–1.61
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Childhood adversity trajectories and weight status in young adult men: a register-based study including 359,783 Danish men. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 30 May 2024. doi:10.
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