Growth in Total Height and Its Components and Cardiometabolic Health in Childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Short stature or short legs is associated with cardiometabolic disease. Few studies have addressed this issue in children, incorporated repeated measures, or studied modern cohorts.

Methods

We examined if change in total height, leg length and trunk length between two time points from early (median: 3.2 years) to mid-childhood (median: 7.7 years), with and without adjustment for concurrent change in adiposity (subscapular plus triceps skinfold thickness), was associated with mid-childhood cardiometabolic risk in 315 boys and 295 girls from Project Viva. The main outcome was a cardiometabolic risk score based on sex-specific internal z-scores for systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, triglycerides and high

SUBMITTER: Haugaard LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033234 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature