The association between growth patterns and blood pressure in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study of seven provinces in China.

ABSTRACT: Aimed to investigate the associations between different growth patterns with high blood pressure, and further examine the mediation effect of BMI between growth patterns and high blood pressure among children and adolescents. A total of 31581 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years were selected based on the stratified cluster sampling method. Logistics regression models were used to calculate the odds rations (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of the association between different growth patterns and high blood pressure. Mediation effect analyses were applied to estimate the effect of BMI on the increase of blood pressure levels in different growth patterns. In different sex and ages, compared to reference group of normal growth, blood pressure levels and prevalence of high blood p

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8696227 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature