Childhood poverty and adult heart and metabolic health in men
Childhood Antecedents of Adult Cardiometabolic health: A Prospective Study of Low-Income Men
This project follows males from low-income backgrounds to learn how childhood experiences shape adult heart disease and diabetes risk.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Pittsburgh, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11171405 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you join, researchers will follow you from childhood into adulthood and take routine health measures like blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, and blood tests for inflammation and sugar control. They will collect information about family life, school, and neighborhood conditions to see which childhood periods and experiences matter most for later health. The team will look for protective strengths that help some people avoid problems and will examine how race and socioeconomic status combine to affect risk. Visits may include questionnaires, clinical measurements, and blood samples, and the study will use long-term tracking to connect early life to adult cardiometabolic outcomes.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are males who grew up in low-income households and are willing to share childhood history and undergo periodic health checks and blood tests.
Not a fit: People seeking immediate treatment for existing heart disease or women are unlikely to get direct clinical benefit from this observational study focused on men from disadvantaged childhoods.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Findings could point to early-life risk and protective factors that help target prevention to reduce heart disease and diabetes in disadvantaged men.
How similar studies have performed: Previous long-term studies have linked childhood disadvantage to adult cardiometabolic problems, but this work is more focused on timing, pathways, and protective factors specifically in low-income men.
Where this research is happening
Pittsburgh, United States
- University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Marsland, Anna L — University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- Study coordinator: Marsland, Anna L
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.