Associations of childhood adversity and adulthood trauma with C-reactive protein: A cross-sectional population-based study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-112

  Lin, Joy E ^a,c   Neylan, Thomas C ^b,c   Epel, Elissa ^b   O'Donovan, Aoife ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood trauma; C reactive protein; Childhood adversity; Immune system; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD TRAUMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE; BLOOD; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959514695     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.11.015     Document Type: Article

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