Childhood abuse and poverty may raise the risk of health problems in adulthood, a new study suggests.
"Childhood disadvantage has long-term health consequences -- much longer than most of us realize," said study author Kenneth Ferraro, a professor and interim head of sociology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
"A novel aspect of this study is that childhood disadvantage was linked to the onset of new health problems decades later," he said in a university news release.
The researchers examined data from more than 1,700 adults who were surveyed in 1996 when they were between the ages of 25 and 74, and again in 2006 when they were aged 35 to 84.
"Health problems and quality-of-life issues were a concern during the first wave of the study," said Ferraro, director of Purdue's Center on Aging and the Life Course.
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