ArticlePublic health nutrition2019
The effect of Chinese famine exposure in early life on dietary patterns and chronic diseases of adults.
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- Famine Exposure during Early Life and Risk of Cancer in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Pooled it
- Early-Life Exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 and Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Severe malnutrition or famine exposure in childhood and cardiometabolic non-communicable disease later in life: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- The association between early-life famine exposure and hypertension risk in adulthood and its interaction with dietary inflammatory index among Chinese adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Association between body weight misperception and snacking patterns among adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Separate and combined effects of famine exposure and menarche age on metabolic syndrome among the elderly: a cross-sectional study in China.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Disturbances of the Lung Glutathione System in Adult Guinea Pigs Following Neonatal Vitamin C or Cysteine Deficiency.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of prenatal famine exposure on adulthood fasting blood glucose level.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Early-Life Exposure to Malnutrition From the Chinese Famine on Risk of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Adulthood.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Individual and combined association analysis of famine exposure and serum uric acid with hypertension in the mid-aged and older adult: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Article
- Impact of early life famine exposure on adulthood anthropometry among survivors of the 1983-1985 Ethiopian Great famine: a historical cohort study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Combined Effect of Famine Exposure and Obesity Parameters on Hypertension in the Midaged and Older Adult: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effect of famine exposure during early life on dietary patterns, chronic diseases, and the interaction effect between famine exposure and dietary patterns on chronic diseases in adulthood.
designCross-sectional study. Dietary patterns were derived by factor analysis. Multivariate quantile regression and log-binomial regression were used to evaluate the impact of famine exposure on dietary patterns, chronic diseases and the interaction effect between famine exposure and dietary patterns on chronic diseases, respectively.
settingHefei, China.
participantsAdults aged 45-60 years (n 939).
results'Healthy', 'high-fat and high-salt', 'Western' and 'traditional Chinese' dietary patterns were identified. Early-childhood and mid-childhood famine exposure were remarkably correlated with high intake of the traditional Chinese dietary pattern. Compared with the non-exposed group (prevalence ratio (PR); 95 % CI), early-childhood (3·13; 1·43, 6·84) and mid-childhood (2·37; 1·05, 5·36) exposed groups showed an increased PR for diabetes, and the early-childhood (2·07; 1·01, 4·25) exposed group showed an increased PR for hypercholesterolaemia. Additionally, relative to the combination of non-exposed group and low-dichotomous high-fat and high-salt dietary pattern, the combination of famine exposure in early life and high-dichotomous high-fat and high-salt dietary pattern in adulthood had higher PR for diabetes (4·95; 1·66, 9·05) and hypercholesterolaemia (3·71; 1·73, 7·60), and significant additive interactions were observed.
conclusionsHaving suffered the Chinese famine in childhood might affect an individual's dietary habits and health status, and the joint effect between famine and harmful dietary pattern could have serious consequences on later-life health outcomes.
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