In a summary about the study, a writer for BYU noted that prior research has demonstrated that ACEs can have profoundly detrimental effects on a person's health through the rest of their life. In fact, the study from Brigham Young precededreleased Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that linked ACEs to a higher likelihood of dying from five of the 10 leading causes of death in America, as well as host of other health complications.
The sample population for the BYU counter-ACE study consisted of 246 adults between the ages of 19 and 57. Most members of the group had lived through several ACEs: 64 percent had lived through at least one, and 19 percent had survived four or more. The findings suggested that a lack of counter-ACEs negatively impacted a person's health down the line, the number of ACEs a participant lived through notwithstanding.
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