Childhood Morbidity and Health in Early Adulthood:.

Childhood morbidity is also associated with poorer health subsequently in adulthood. Infections in childhood associate with a low level of high density lipoprotein, and higher level of triglycerides, plasma glucose, waist circumference, and obesity (but not hypertension) in adult life. Childhood morbidity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality at older ages. However, diarrheal disease in later childhood was associated with lower levels of some risk factors, as measured by triglycerides and plasma glucose, suggesting that exposure to bacteria after infancy may be beneficial for some measures of adult health.
Childhood diseases thus seem to have a major influence on subsequent health in adult life.