The independent and combined effects of single-child status and ideal lifestyle on clustered cardio-metabolic risk factors among Chinese children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardio-metabolic risk factors (CMRFs) represent the accumulation of metabolic abnormalities, significantly increasing the likelihood of cardiovascular diseases. Although studies assessed the independent association of single-child status and lifestyle risk factors with components of CMRFs or clustered CMRFs, little has been known about the combined effect of single-child status and lifestyles on clustered CMRFs as well as sex differences.

Materials and methods

Data was collected from a cross-sectional survey conducted in September 2013 in China. A total of 13,859 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years with blood samples were included. Anthropometric measurements and serum biochemical indexes were collected to assess clustered CMRFs, while questionnaires were use

SUBMITTER: Dang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464906 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature