The Lancet Regional Health Europe
Overlapping childhood adversity linked to early adult deaths
High family and individual adversity was linked to higher death risk versus low adversity, with a hazard ratio (a relative risk measure) of 7.16.High family and individual adversity was linked to higher death risk versus low adversity, with a hazard ratio (a relative risk measure) of 7.16.
Cohort · 1,235,519 peoplePopulations
Who was studied1,235,519 people born in Denmark, against people with low adversity across layers
What changedDeath risk was higher with high family adversity plus individual childhood adversity than with low adversity (hazard ratio 7.16)
The catchUnreported abuse and neglect were missing from adversity measures, potentially underestimating associations with mortality
