Association of High Normal Body Weight in Youths With Risk of Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Ample evidence links obesity to hypertension in youths. However, the association of high normal body mass index (BMI) with obesity and the interaction with different weight trajectories are not well understood.

Objective

To examine the hypertension risk associated with high normal BMI for age and different weight trajectories in youths.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study assessed 801 019 youths aged 3 to 17 years in an integrated health care system in Southern California from January 1, 2008, to February 28, 2015, with a maximum follow-up of 5 years from January 1, 2008, to February 28, 2020. Data analysis was performed from 2018 to 2022.

Exposures

Youths were compared by first available (baseline) sex-specific BMI for

SUBMITTER: Koebnick C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015306 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature