ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2026
Prospective links between childhood family income and subclinical atherosclerosis in a sample of young men.
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- Prospective links between childhood family income and subclinical atherosclerosis in a sample of young men.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
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objectiveMen who experience childhood economic disadvantage may be at elevated risk for subclinical cardiovascular disease in adulthood, showing signs of disease 10 years before women. Leveraging prospective data from men who experienced low levels of family income in infancy/toddlerhood, we examine the variance in adult carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a putative marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, that is related to cumulative childhood family income.
methodData are from 145 men (31.7 years; 47.6% White) who participated in the Pathways to Health study, which is a follow-up study to the Pitt Mother & Infant Project that began in 1991. Between ages 1.5-17 years, participants' parents reported on their annual income on 13 occasions, which were averaged together to calculate their cumulative childhood family income. At age approximately 32 years, men's carotid IMT was measured by a trained technician using ultrasonography. Linear regression was used to examine the association between cumulative childhood family income and adult IMT in an unadjusted model. Then, we controlled for parents' educational attainment, men's socioeconomic status (i.e., income, education, employment), traditional markers of cardiovascular risk (e.g., smoking, blood pressure, adiposity), and race to examine the unique variance in IMT associated with childhood family income.
resultsCumulative childhood income was negatively associated with adult IMT (β = -.27,
conclusionsPending replication, findings highlight the importance of considering men's economic upbringing when assessing their risk for subclinical atherosclerosis. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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