Ideal cardiovascular health at age 5-6 years and cardiometabolic outcomes in preadolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Heart Association (AHA) developed a definition of ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) based on the presence of both ideal health behaviours (diet, physical activity, weight status and smoking) and ideal health factors (glucose, total cholesterol and blood pressure levels). However, research of ICH in the paediatric population is scarce. We aimed to study ICH at age 5-6 years by extending the original ICH score with the health behaviours: sleep duration, screen time and prenatal smoke exposure, and to evaluate its association with cardiometabolic outcomes at age 11-12.

Methods

A total of 1666 children aged 5-6 years were selected from the database of the ABCD-study, a prospective cohort study on the health and development of children born in Amsterdam, t

SUBMITTER: Jaspers Faijer-Westerink H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936465 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature