ArticleJournal of diabetes2022
Association between early life famine exposure and risk of metabolic syndrome in later life.
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- Sensitive periods to social adversity in immune and metabolic development: A systematic review.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Maternal docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid supplementation: effects and mechanisms on lipid metabolism in the offspring.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Impact of Early Life Famine Exposure on Body Composition and Metabolic Profiles in Adulthood.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Impact of Early Childhood Malnutrition on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Young Adults from Marginalized Areas of Chiapas, Mexico.Nutrients · 2025Article
- The Metabolic Syndrome, a Human Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Early-life famine exposure, adulthood obesity patterns, and risk of low-energy fracture.Frontiers of medicine · 2024Article
- Association between early life famine exposure and risk of metabolic syndrome in later life.Journal of diabetes · 2022Article
- Long-term trajectories of BMI and cumulative incident metabolic syndrome: A cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies reported that famine exposure had an effect on metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, there is an inadequacy of study regarding the association between famine exposure, adulthood general obesity, and the risk of MetS.
methodsA total of 8883 subjects aged ≥40 years from Jiading community in Shanghai were included. We defined famine exposure subgroups as nonexposed (1963-1974), fetal exposed (1959-1962), childhood exposed (1949-1958), and adolescence exposed (1941-1948). MetS was defined based on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria.
resultsCompared with the nonexposed group, the risks of MetS were increased in the fetal-, childhood-, and adolescence-exposed groups with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of 1.48 (1.23-1.78), 1.89 (1.63-2.20), and 2.34 (1.99-2.74), respectively. After adjusting for sex, age, smoking status, drinking status, education, body mass index (BMI), and physical activity, the increased risk of MetS related to the fetal-exposed and childhood-exposed groups with OR and 95% CI of 1.42 (1.04-1.94) and 1.50 (1.02-2.21), respectively, were observed only in women. Famine exposure was significantly associated with MetS among individuals with a BMI < 23 kg/m
conclusionsObesity in adulthood significantly further aggravated the risk of MetS in individuals who experienced early life undernutrition, especially in females.
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