Effects of Early-Life Conditions on Adult Mortality
A Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23322690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I T Elo (0000-0003-1858-8239), H Preston (0000-0001-7038-9689), Samuel H Preston |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Index (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4701 • E-ISSN: 2325-7636 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3644718 |
| PMID | 12285320 |
| OpenAlex | W1559337936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 259 |
| References cited | 28 |
"This paper considers the effects of health conditions in childhood on an individual's mortality risks as an adult. It examines epidemiologic evidence on some of the major mechanisms expected to create a linkage between childhood and adult mortality and reviews demographic and epidemiologic studies for evidence of the hypothesized linkages....Many empirical studies support the notion that childhood conditions play a major role in adult mortality, but only in the case of respiratory tuberculosis has the demographic importance of a specific mechanism been established by cohort studies. One's date and place of birth also appear to be persistently associated with risks of adult death in a wide variety of circumstances. An individual's height, perhaps the single best indicator of nutritional and disease environment in childhood, has recently been linked to adult mortality, especially from cardiovascular diseases. Further research is needed, however, before causal mechanisms can be identified."
Cohort study · Disease · Environmental health · Mechanism (biology) · Mortality rate · Pathology · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Epidemiology · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Gerontology
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The long-term consequences of parental death in childhood on mortality and the role of socioeconomic status
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The long-term health benefits of receiving treatment from qualified midwives at birth
Racial differences in functional status among elderly U.S. migrants from the south
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Pobreza, desnutrição e obesidade
Class and health
The Epidemiologic Transition
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Weight in Infancy and Death From Ischaemic Heart Disease
Growth in utero, blood pressure in childhood and adult life, and mortality from cardiovascular disease.
Inequalities in Death—specific Explanations of a General Pattern?
Deprivation in infancy or in adult life
The deformation of cohorts
The effect of height on family income
Height and mortality in the counties of England and Wales
Age-specific mortality trends in France and Italy since 1900
Male mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland
The intrauterine and early postnatal origins of cardiovascular disease and chronic bronchitis
Early life experience and cardiovascular disease--ecological studies
Magnitude and causes of socioeconomic differentials in mortality
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Infant diarrhoea and subsequent mortality from heart disease and cancer
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Risk of death from cardiovascular disease and chronic bronchitis determined by place of birth in England and Wales
Class and Health
Variation in Vital Rates by Age, Period, and Cohort
The contribution of medical measures to the decline of mortality from respiratory tuberculosis
Child and Maternal Health Services in Rural India
Socio-economic conditions in childhood and mortality and morbidity caused by coronary heart disease in adulthood in rural Finland
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Urban French mortality in the nineteenth century
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| Unique citing works | 259 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,62 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 234 |