HypertensionCohort study
Childhood Parental Incarceration and Adult-Onset Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk
- Population-based cohort study
- sampling weights
- adjusted for participant- and neighborhood-level characteristics
Authors' conclusion
In this cohort study of US adults transitioning from young adulthood to adulthood, an increased incidence of hypertension and high-risk hsCRP, but not other cardiovascular risk factors, was observed among those exposed to parental incarceration during childhood.
Study context
- Population
- US adults transitioning from young adulthood to adulthood, waves IV (2008–2009) and V (2016–2018) of the US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Healthrepresenting 16,077,108 US adults
- Participants
- 9,629 adults
- Exposure
- Childhood parental incarceration vs no parental incarceration
- Outcome
- Incident self-reported obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, DM or heart disease; non-HDL cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL; hsCRP >3 mg/L
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- hypertension
- adjusted odds 33% higher (95% CI 1.05–1.68)
- elevated hsCRP
- adjusted odds 60% higher (95% CI 1.03–2.48)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Childhood Parental Incarceration and Adult-Onset Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk. JAMA Cardiol. Published 1 October 2023. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2023.2672
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it