The Association of Weight Categories in Adolescence with Cardiovascular Morbidity in Young Adult Israeli Arabs-A Nationwide Study.

ABSTRACT: Objectives. The health consequences of adolescent obesity are understudied in young adult Israeli Arabs. We aimed to evaluate the association of weight categories during adolescence with hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), and the composite endpoint of ischemic stroke (IS), myocardial infarction (MI), and heart failure (HF) in young adult Israeli Arabs on a nationwide level. Methods. A retrospective cohort study of 53,726 Arab adolescents born from 1988-1992 was conducted. The cohort was followed, beginning with BMI measurements at ages 17-19 years, until whichever came first among the diagnosis of outcome disease, death, discontinuation of health insurance, or age of 30 years. Results. The incidence (95% CI) of HTN, DM2, and the composite endpoint of I

SUBMITTER: Treister-Goltzman Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11432042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature