The Combined Effect of Birth Weight and Lifestyle on Clustered Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents: A National School-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the adverse effects of cardio-metabolic risk factors (CMRFs) in children and adolescents on their current and later life health, and the growing evidence that birth weight and lifestyle have on CMRFs, we aimed to estimate the combined effect of birth weight and lifestyle on clustered CMRFs in children and adolescents.

Methods

We enrolled 11,509 participants aged 7-18 years old in a national school-based cross-sectional study in seven provinces in China in 2013. Information on CMRFs was collected through anthropometric measurements and blood sample testing. Information on birth weight, lifestyle and other basic information were investigated through children and adolescents' as well as parents' questionnaires. The generalized linear mixed model was applied to

SUBMITTER: Shi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9370142 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature