Trajectories in waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio with left ventricular hypertrophy in childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Previous studies have shown positive associations of waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) among children and adolescents. However, most of these studies were cross-sectional or limited to only two time points. We aim to estimate the association of trajectories in WC and WHtR with LVH during childhood.

Methods

Data were from the prospective "Huantai Childhood Cardiovascular Health Cohort Study" conducted from 2017 to 2023 in Huantai County, Zibo City, Shandong Province. Group-based trajectory modeling was used to categorize WC into three groups: low-increasing, moderate-increasing, and high-increasing trajectories. Similarly, WHtR was categorized into three groups: stabilizing, decreasing, a

SUBMITTER: Jin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11688229 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature