ArticleThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2023
Childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder problems and mid-life cardiovascular risk: prospective population cohort study.
Article in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and premature mortality: A narrative review of the literature.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
- Association between ADHD history and "Life's Crucial 9" cardiovascular risk factors in young adults.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2026Article
- Machine learning and natural language processing for the identification of potential mental disorders among school-age children: a prospective birth cohort study.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Association between childhood ADHD problems and premature mortality: identifying modifiable cardiovascular mechanisms in a UK population cohort.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- [Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and cardiometabolic diseases: prevalence, etiology and treatment].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Review
- Shared genetic architecture and bidirectional clinical risks within the psycho-metabolic nexus.EBioMedicine · 2025Article
- Research advances and future directions in female ADHD: the lifelong interplay of hormonal fluctuations with mood, cognition, and disease.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- Childhood psychosocial adjustment and midlife obesity, diabetes and hypertension: prospective study from two birth cohorts.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2024Article
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- A Mendelian randomization study of the effect of mental disorders on cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is well-known that childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with later adverse mental health and social outcomes. Patient-based studies suggest that ADHD may be associated with later cardiovascular disease (CVD) but the focus of preventive interventions is unclear. It is unknown whether ADHD leads to established cardiovascular risk factors because so few cohort studies measure ADHD and also follow up to an age where CVD risk is evident.
aimsTo examine associations between childhood ADHD problems and directly measured CVD risk factors at ages 44/45 years in a UK population-based cohort study (National Child Development Study) of individuals born in 1958.
methodChildhood ADHD problems were defined by elevated ratings on both the parent Rutter A scale and a teacher-rated questionnaire at age 7 years. Outcomes were known cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, lipid measurements, body mass index and smoking) at the age 44/45 biomedical assessment.
resultsOf the 8016 individuals assessed both during childhood and at the biomedical assessment 3.0% were categorised as having childhood ADHD problems. ADHD problems were associated with higher body mass index (
conclusionsChildhood ADHD problems predicted multiple cardiovascular risk factors by mid-life. These findings, when taken together with previously observed associations with cardiovascular disease in registries, suggest that individuals with ADHD could benefit from cardiovascular risk monitoring, given these risk factors are modifiable with timely intervention.
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