AUTHOR=Ortiz-Llorens Manuel , Cabib Ignacio , Bambs Claudia 

TITLE=Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Women and Men: The Moderating Role of Parenthood Onset

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=67

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604884

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2022.1604884

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objectives:</bold> Based on a life-course approach, the purpose of this study is to analyze how the age at the birth of a first child moderates the relationship between childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) incidence in old age, separately for women and men.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> We used a rich and representative life history survey of people aged from 65 to 75 living in Santiago, Chile (<italic>n</italic> = 802), and weighted multivariate statistical models. Data collection process involved the use of face-to-face life history calendars, administered by well-trained interviewers.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> Early motherhood increases the risk of suffering CVD among older women with a disadvantaged childhood SEP, while late motherhood decreases it. By contrast, early fatherhood decreases CVD risk among older men with an adverse childhood SEP, while late fatherhood increases it.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Our findings about the moderating role of parenthood onset on CVD risk among older women and men with a disadvantaged childhood SEP contributes to public health reflections on unexplored cardiovascular risk factors, which lead to substantial changes in women’s and men’s life courses, and might optimize cardiovascular prevention strategies.</p>