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Childhood Health Status and Adulthood Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity in Rural China: Are They Related?

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the top health problems of the Chinese population. Although mounting evidence suggests that early childhood health status has an enduring effect on late life chronic morbidity, no study so far has analyzed the issue in China. Using nationally representative d...

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Autores principales: Wang, Qing, Shen, Jay J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275829
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060565
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description Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the top health problems of the Chinese population. Although mounting evidence suggests that early childhood health status has an enduring effect on late life chronic morbidity, no study so far has analyzed the issue in China. Using nationally representative data from the 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a Probit model and Two-Stage Residual Inclusion estimation estimator were applied to analyze the relationship between childhood health status and adulthood cardiovascular disease in rural China. Good childhood health was associated with reduced risk of adult CVDs. Given the long-term effects of childhood health on adulthood health later on, health policy and programs to improve the health status and well-being of Chinese populations over the entire life cycle, especially in persons’ early life, are expected to be effective and successful.
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spelling pubmed-49240222016-07-05 Childhood Health Status and Adulthood Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity in Rural China: Are They Related? Wang, Qing Shen, Jay J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the top health problems of the Chinese population. Although mounting evidence suggests that early childhood health status has an enduring effect on late life chronic morbidity, no study so far has analyzed the issue in China. Using nationally representative data from the 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a Probit model and Two-Stage Residual Inclusion estimation estimator were applied to analyze the relationship between childhood health status and adulthood cardiovascular disease in rural China. Good childhood health was associated with reduced risk of adult CVDs. Given the long-term effects of childhood health on adulthood health later on, health policy and programs to improve the health status and well-being of Chinese populations over the entire life cycle, especially in persons’ early life, are expected to be effective and successful. MDPI 2016-06-06 2016-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4924022/ /pubmed/27275829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060565 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Childhood Health Status and Adulthood Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity in Rural China: Are They Related?
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title_fullStr Childhood Health Status and Adulthood Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity in Rural China: Are They Related?
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title_short Childhood Health Status and Adulthood Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity in Rural China: Are They Related?
title_sort childhood health status and adulthood cardiovascular disease morbidity in rural china: are they related?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924022/
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