Cardiometabolic risk profile among children with migrant parents and role of parental education: the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Evidence shows that migrant children have a higher risk of developing obesity than those with native parents. We aimed to investigate the association between parental migration background and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents in Europe.

Methods and results

We included 8745 children aged 2-17 from the second follow-up of the European IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Linear regression models were used to investigate the association between parental migration background (one or two migrant parent(s) vs native parents) and body mass index (BMI), metabolic syndrome (MetS) score and its individual components. Outcome variables were parametrized as age and sex-specific z-scores. We adjusted for age, sex, country, and parental education, and additionally

SUBMITTER: Lindblad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600002 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature