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ArticleVascular health and risk management2021

Ideal Cardiovascular Health Behaviours in Nationally Representative School-Based Samples of Adolescents in the Caribbean.

Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

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Article in Vascular health and risk management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Supa PengpidASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-7714-8869
Karl PeltzerDepartment of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5980-0876
Mahidol University · THUniversity of the Free State · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIdeal cardiovascular health behaviour (CVHB) measures four ideal health behaviours (non-smoking, body mass index <85th Percentile, healthy diet, and physical activity). This study aimed to determine the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of ideal CVHB among adolescents in the Caribbean.

methodsNationally representative cross-sectional data of 2016 or 2017 with complete CVHB measurements were analysed from 7556 school adolescents from four Caribbean countries.

resultsThe prevalence of 0-1 ideal metrics CVHB was 20.4%, 2 ideal metrics 48.7%, and 3-4 ideal metrics 30.8%. Only 5.0% had all 4 ideal CVHB metrics, 41.0% intermediate CVH (≥1 metric in the intermediate category and none in the poor category), and 54.0% had poor CVH (≥1 metric in poor category). In adjusted logistic regression analysis, compared to students from Dominican Republic, students from Jamaica (Adjusted Odds Ratio-AOR: 1.36, 95% confidence interval-CI: 1.01-1.85), students from Trinidad and Tobago (AOR: 1.46, 95% CI: 1.17-1.82) and male sex (AOR: 1.35, 95% CI: 1.11-1.64) were positively associated with meeting 3-4 ideal CVHB metrics. In addition, in unadjusted analysis, rarely or sometimes experiencing hunger was negatively and high peer and parent support were positively associated with meeting 3-4 ideal CVHB metrics.

conclusionThe proportion of meeting 3-4 ideal CVHB metrics was low among adolescents in four Caribbean countries. Both high-risk and school-wide intervention programmes should be implemented in aiding to improve CVHB in Caribbean countries. Several factors associated with ideal CVHB were identified, which can be targeted in school health interventions.

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Adolescent BehaviorHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealthy LifestyleRisk Reduction BehaviorAdolescentAge FactorsBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesCross-Sectional StudiesDiet, HealthyDominican RepublicExerciseFemaleHealth SurveysHeart Disease Risk Factorsadolescentscardiovascular health behaviourCaribbean

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