Sex-dependent associations of childhood maltreatment with obesity-related traits: results from the German National Cohort (NAKO)
Associations of CM exposure with adult anthropometric and body fat markers are stronger in females compared to males.
Authors
- Anja M. Sedlmeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-3065)
- Carolina Judith Klett-Tammen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9685-5369)
- Stefanie Do (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7673-1809)
- Philipp Töpfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-6538)
- Johanna Klinger-König (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2287-7914)
- Stefan N. Willich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1270-2597)
- Hans Joergen Grabe
- Wolfgang Ahrens
- André Karch
- Till Ittermann
- Marcello R P Markus
- K. Berger
- Thomas Keil
- Hermann Brenner
- Jana-Kristin Heise
- Sabine Schipf
- Stefanie Jaskulski
- Marcus Dörr
- Sylvia Stracke
- Matthias B. Schulze
- Michael F. Leitzmann
- Beate Fischer
- Börge Schmidt
- Henry Völzke
- Antje Hebestreit
- Ulrike Siewert-Markus
- Annette Peters
Institutions
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Health and Safety Authority (IE)
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- German Institute of Human Nutrition (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Obesity
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-025-01914-2
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft