The association between dietary trajectories across childhood and blood pressure in early adolescence: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardio-metabolic risk factors, including hypertension, are increasingly appearing in childhood. The aims of this study were to examine the associations between dietary trajectories across childhood and subsequent blood pressure (BP) at age 10/11, and to further determine whether these associations were explained by BMI or fat mass.

Methods

Data from 4360 participants from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children were analysed. Dietary scores were computed based on similarity of intake to the Australian Dietary Guidelines. Group-based trajectory modelling was used to identify distinct dietary trajectories based on participant's individual dietary scores at up to four timepoints between age 4 and 11. Linear regression models examined the associations between di

SUBMITTER: Cosier D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10247355 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature