ArticleBMJ open2021
Body mass index trajectory from childhood to puberty and high blood pressure: the China Health and Nutrition Survey.
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- Association of body mass index trajectory and hypertension risk: A systematic review of cohort studies and network meta-analysis of 89,094 participants.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Latent classes of anthropometric growth in early childhood using uni- and multivariate approaches in a South African birth cohort.PloS one · 2025Article
- BMI trajectories from birth to young adulthood associate with distinct cardiometabolic profiles.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Sex-specific associations between body mass index trajectories and risk of hypertension.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Effect of body mass index trajectory on hypertension among children and adolescents aged 5-18 years: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- The associations between problematic smartphone use and blood pressure among 2,573 aged 9-17 years students in Shanghai, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe prevalence of childhood hypertension is rising in parallel with the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in children. How growth trajectories from childhood to puberty relate to high blood pressure (HBP) is not well defined. We aimed to characterise potential body mass index (BMI) dynamic changing trajectories from childhood to puberty and investigate their association with HBP.
designA dynamic prospective cohort.
settingChina Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2015.
participantsThere were 1907 participants (1027 men and 880 women) in this study. OUTCOMES: The primary outcome was HBP defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP)/diastolic blood pressure (DBP) exceeding the standards or diagnosis by medical records or taking antihypertensive medication.
resultsA model of cubic parameters with three groups was chosen, labelled as normal increasing group (85.16%, n=1624), high increasing group (9.81%, n=187) and resolving group (5.03%, n=96). Compared with the normal increasing group, the unadjusted HRs (95% CIs) for the resolving and high increasing groups were 0.91 (0.45 to 1.86) and 1.88 (1.26 to 2.81), respectively. After adjusting for baseline age, region, sex, baseline BMI z-score, baseline SBP and baseline DBP in model 3, the HRs (95% CIs) for the resolving and high increasing groups were 0.66 (0.30 to 1.45) and 1.56 (1.02 to 2.38).
conclusionsThese results indicate that the BMI trajectories from childhood to puberty have significant impact on HBP risk. Puberty is a crucial period for the development of HBP.
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