Risk factor patterns and vascular health in children with incident hypertension: The ExAMIN Youth SA study.

ABSTRACT: Risk factor exposure during childhood contributes to the early onset of cardiovascular disease and clusters with incident hypertension. We investigated cardiovascular risk factor patterns in preadolescent children, stratified by BP status, and their associations with macro- and microvasculature measures. We included children (n = 1043, ages 5-9 years) from the ExAMIN Youth SA study. Measurements included anthropometry, cardiorespiratory fitness, dietary intake, office BP, central pulse wave velocity (PWV), central retinal artery (CRAE), vein equivalent (CRVE), and their ratio (AVR), to identify factor patterns with exploratory factor analysis. We identified three factor pattern scores (FPS). FPS1 (chips, sweets, fast foods, and cookies/cake) and FPS2 (fruits, meat, milk, and socioeconomic

SUBMITTER: Nsamba J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12685736 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature