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Little is known about the biological mechanisms that could explain these associations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n\u2009=\u20094745) on ACEs (from birth to age 8\u00a0years), LUTS at age 14\u00a0years [any urinary incontinence (UI), daytime and bedwetting, urgency, nocturia, frequent urination, voiding postponement, and low voiding volume], and inflammatory biomarkers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) measured at age 9\u00a0years. We examined associations between the summed ACE score and LUTS, and inflammation and LUTS. We then evaluated the mediating effects of IL-6 and CRP.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher ACE scores were associated with increased odds of LUTS, e.g. a one-unit increase in the ACE score was associated with an increased odds of any UI [odds ratio (OR) 1.16, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03\u20131.30]. Higher levels of IL-6 were associated with increased odds of LUTS, e.g. any UI (OR 1.24, 95%\u00a0CI 1.05\u20131.47). There was weak evidence that the associations between ACE score and LUTS were mediated by IL-6 (e.g. any UI ORnatural_indirect_effect 1.03, 95%\u00a0CI 1.00\u20131.06). There was no evidence that CRP was associated with LUTS or mediated the association between ACE score and LUTS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study reports novel findings that point to inflammation as being a possible mechanism on the causal pathway from ACEs to LUTS. Early intervention is needed in childhood to prevent LUTS persisting into adolescence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyaf111","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,12]],"date-time":"2025-06-12T07:50:29Z","timestamp":1749714629000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Adverse childhood experiences and lower urinary tract symptoms in adolescence: the mediating effect of inflammation"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"54","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3208-0389","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kimberley","family":"Burrows","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Academic Child Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol , Bristol,","place":["United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jon","family":"Heron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Academic Mental Health, Population 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