Growth across life course and cardiovascular risk markers in 18-year-old adolescents: the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between growth trajectories from birth to adolescence and cardiovascular risk marker levels at age 18 years in a population-based cohort. In order to disentangle the effect of weight gain from that of height gain, growth was analysed using conditional weight relative to linear growth (CWh) and conditional length/height (CH). DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:1993 Pelotas birth cohort, Southern Brazil. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals who have been followed up from birth to adolescence (at birth, 1, 4, 11, 15 and 18 years). PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES:C-reactive protein (CRP), total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TGL), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), body mass index (BMI) and waist circumfere

SUBMITTER: Buffarini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786082 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature