TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between the prenatal environment and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescent girls
T2 - Internalizing and externalizing behavior symptoms as mediators
AU - Beal, Sarah J.
AU - Hillman, Jennifer
AU - Dorn, Lorah D.
AU - Out, Dorothée
AU - Pabst, Stephanie
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by Grant Number R01 DA 16402, National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH, PI: Lorah D. Dorn, PhD and by USPHS Grant # UL1RR026314 from the National Center for Research Resources, NIH and by funds from the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), under Grant # T32HP10027. Funds were also provided to Sarah Beal by the Child Health Research Fellowship, Clinical and Translational Science Awards Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee and the Pediatric Academic Societies in 2012 for the oral presentation of findings from this paper. Dorothée Out was supported by a Rubicon award (446-10-026) from the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - This longitudinal study examines links among adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms, the prenatal environment (e.g., nicotine exposure) and pre/perinatal maternal health, and cardiovascular risk factors. Girls (N = 262) ages 11-17 reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors and mothers reported about the prenatal environment and maternal health during pregnancy and 3 months post-pregnancy. Adolescent cardiovascular risk included adiposity, smoking, blood pressure, and salivary C-reactive protein. Internalizing symptoms mediated relations between prenatal exposures/maternal health and adiposity; externalizing symptoms mediated relations between prenatal exposures and adolescent smoking. Health care providers who attend to internalizing and externalizing symptoms in girls may ultimately influence cardiovascular health, especially among those with pre/perinatal risk factors.
AB - This longitudinal study examines links among adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms, the prenatal environment (e.g., nicotine exposure) and pre/perinatal maternal health, and cardiovascular risk factors. Girls (N = 262) ages 11-17 reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors and mothers reported about the prenatal environment and maternal health during pregnancy and 3 months post-pregnancy. Adolescent cardiovascular risk included adiposity, smoking, blood pressure, and salivary C-reactive protein. Internalizing symptoms mediated relations between prenatal exposures/maternal health and adiposity; externalizing symptoms mediated relations between prenatal exposures and adolescent smoking. Health care providers who attend to internalizing and externalizing symptoms in girls may ultimately influence cardiovascular health, especially among those with pre/perinatal risk factors.
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U2 - 10.1080/02739615.2013.876537
DO - 10.1080/02739615.2013.876537
M3 - Article
C2 - 25750471
AN - SCOPUS:84927558493
SN - 0273-9615
VL - 44
SP - 17
EP - 39
JO - Children's Health Care
JF - Children's Health Care
IS - 1
ER -
