Association between childhood abuse and risk of post-COVID-19 conditions: Results from three large prospective cohort studies
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Scoglio A, Choi K, Nishimi K, Sampson L, Koenen K, Roberts A, Jha S, Kubzansky L. Prepandemic Resilience to Trauma and COVID-19 Infection in Older Women. Psychosomatic Medicine 2024, 86: 625-632. PMID: 38573019, PMCID: PMC11371542, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychological resilienceSelf-reportLifetime trauma exposureAssociated with lower riskLow psychological resilienceTrauma exposureCOVID-19-related risk factorsLifetime traumaPsychosocial interventionsNurses' Health Study IIPsychological healthPsychological assetsImprove health outcomesLow riskPhysical healthResilience scoresProtective factorsStudy IIPositive COVID-19 test resultSymptomsCOVID-19 test resultsHealth outcomesCohort participantsCOVID-19 infectionSocio-demographicChildhood maltreatment and health in the UK Biobank: triangulation of outcome-wide and polygenic risk score analyses
Espinosa Dice A, Lawn R, Ratanatharathorn A, Roberts A, Denckla C, Kim A, de la Rosa P, Zhu Y, VanderWeele T, Koenen K. Childhood maltreatment and health in the UK Biobank: triangulation of outcome-wide and polygenic risk score analyses. BMC Medicine 2024, 22: 135. PMID: 38523269, PMCID: PMC10962116, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03360-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutcome-wide analysisUK BiobankBias due to unmeasured confoundingPolygenic risk score analysisPolygenic risk scoresPhysical health outcomesLower household incomeDirection of associationImprove causal inferenceRisk score analysisHearing difficultiesHealth behaviorsHealth outcomesHealth themesUnmeasured confoundersSocioeconomic statusDiastolic blood pressureAnalytic sampleTriangulation studySources of biasHousehold incomeRisk scoreTriangulation designChildhood maltreatmentGeneralized linear model