Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2010 Mar;121(3):227-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01432.x. Epub 2009 Jun 30.
Trait anxiety may predispose to anxiety disorders and cardiovascular events. We tested whether prenatal growth or postnatal growth from birth to 11 years of age and in adulthood predict trait anxiety in late adulthood.
Women (n = 951) and men (n = 753) reported trait anxiety using the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale at an average age of 63.4 years and growth was estimated from records.
Higher trait anxiety was predicted by smaller body size at birth, in infancy and in adulthood. Moreover, faster growth particularly from seven to 11 years of age and slower growth between 11 and 63 years predicted higher trait anxiety.
We found a pattern of pre- and postnatal growth that predisposed to higher trait anxiety in late adulthood. This pattern resembles that found to increase the risk of cardiovascular events and, thus, points to a shared common origin in a suboptimal prenatal and childhood developmental milieu.
特质焦虑可能导致焦虑症和心血管事件。我们测试了从出生到 11 岁以及成年后的产前和产后生长是否可以预测晚年的特质焦虑。
女性（n=951）和男性（n=753）在平均年龄为 63.4 岁时使用 Spielberger 特质焦虑量表报告了特质焦虑，并且生长情况是根据记录估算的。
出生时、婴儿期和成年时体型较小预示着特质焦虑较高。此外，从 7 岁到 11 岁期间较快的生长速度和从 11 岁到 63 岁期间较慢的生长速度预示着特质焦虑较高。
我们发现了一种产前和产后生长模式，这种模式预示着晚年特质焦虑的增加。这种模式类似于增加心血管事件风险的模式，因此，指向了一个在不理想的产前和儿童发育环境中具有共同起源的风险因素。
