Associations between body height and cardiovascular risk factors in women and men: a population-based longitudinal study based on The Tromso Study 1979-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate associations between body height and cardiovascular disease risk factors at several time points in women and men across educational levels in Norway.

Design

Population-based longitudinal study.

Setting

The Tromsø Study, a population-based study with six surveys conducted between 1979 and 2016 in the municipality of Tromsø, Norway.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Body height, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and self-reported educational level.

Participants

23 512 women and men (49.6% women), aged 30-49 years at first participation in The Tromsø Study. Participants who attended more than one survey contributed with repeated me

SUBMITTER: Arntsen SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11487855 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature