Socioeconomic status and parenting during adolescence in relation to ideal cardiovascular health in Black and White men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

American Heart Association (AHA) developed a new metric to evaluate ideal cardiovascular health based on optimal levels of 7 cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviors. We evaluated the relationships of parenting characteristics and academic achievement in adolescence in relation to ideal cardiovascular health in midlife men.

Method

We measured cardiovascular risk factors in 171 Black and 136 White men and their ideal cardiovascular health score was constructed based on AHA guidelines. When the participants were 13-16 years old, annual measures of parent-child communication, positive relationship, parental monitoring, family cohesion, boys' involvement in family activities, and academic achievement were recorded and averaged.

Results

Confirmatory facto

SUBMITTER: Matthews KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524051 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature