Association of rapid weight gain during early childhood with cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of the lack of relevant data, we investigated the association between rapid weight gain (RWG) during early childhood and cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese adolescents.

Methods

The source population comprised 2285 adolescents aged 13 to 14 years enrolled in any public school in Fukuroi City, Japan during 2008, 2009, or 2010. Since there are no private schools in this city, almost all adolescents who lived in the city went to 1 of these schools. We obtained data on blood pressure (BP), serum lipids, and anthropometry during adolescence, as well as anthropometry at birth, age 1.5 years, and age 3 years, from the Maternal and Child Health Handbook for 1624 children. RWG was defined as a change in body-weight standard deviation score greater than 0.67 fro

SUBMITTER: Fujita Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3700244 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature