{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["O'Byrne ML"],"funding":["National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute","NHLBI NIH HHS"],"pagination":["177-184"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6154798"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Obesity is associated with increased lifelong morbidity and reduced life span and is increasingly prevalent in the congenital heart disease population. Habitual exercise is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle and primary prevention of obesity in the general population. The association between habitual activity and body mass index (BMI) has not been studied in children with congenital heart disease.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional analysis of two previously collected cohorts was performed, including participants 8 to 18 years old with tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, and single ventricle heart disease after a Fontan operation. The association between BMI and duration of habitual exercise (measured by questionnaire) was studied. Secondary a"],"journal":["World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery"],"pubmed_title":["Association of Habitual Activity and Body Mass Index in Survivors of Congenital Heart Surgery: A Study of Children and Adolescents With Tetralogy of Fallot, Transposition of the Great Arteries, and Fontan Palliation."],"pmcid":["PMC6154798"],"funding_grant_id":["T32 HL007915","P50 HL074731","K23 HL130420","HL007915"],"pubmed_authors":["Paridon S","McBride MG","Goldmuntz E","O'Byrne ML"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Association of Habitual Activity and Body Mass Index in Survivors of Congenital Heart Surgery: A Study of Children and Adolescents With Tetralogy of Fallot, Transposition of the Great Arteries, and Fontan Palliation.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Obesity is associated with increased lifelong morbidity and reduced life span and is increasingly prevalent in the congenital heart disease population. Habitual exercise is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle and primary prevention of obesity in the general population. The association between habitual activity and body mass index (BMI) has not been studied in children with congenital heart disease.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional analysis of two previously collected cohorts was performed, including participants 8 to 18 years old with tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, and single ventricle heart disease after a Fontan operation. The association between BMI and duration of habitual exercise (measured by questionnaire) was studied. Secondary a","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Mar","modification":"2025-04-03T23:54:22.874Z","creation":"2019-08-04T07:59:25Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6154798","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29544424"],"doi":["10.1177/2150135117752122"]}}