Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) may be related to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the future, especially among women, according to research conducted at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recently published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The researchers studied the correlation between COPD and childhood abuse and household dysfunction.
The scientists concluded that 63.1% of the participants reported ACE before they were 18 years old, in a data set where 12.7% of the women and 4.4% of the men suffered from asthma and COPD. The research included data about 26,546 women and 19,015 men from five different sites in the United States. In addition to the relationship between childhood abuse and household dysfunction with COPD, researchers also analyzed the age, gender, race, marital status, education, and smoking status.
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