Childhood BMI and Adult Obesity in a Chinese Sample: A 13-Year Follow-up Study / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
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(12): 162-168, 2019.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#Obesity is recognized as a significant risk factor for diabetes and hypertension. The present study aimed to examine the associations between adults'obesity risk and childhood and parental obesity.@*METHODS@#A total of 204 children aged 6-17 years were recruited in 2002 with an average follow-up period of 13.2 years. Height and body weight were measured by trained staffs. Overweight and obesity were defined based on the Chinese standard for children and adults. T-test, analysis of variance, and Chi-square analysis were used for single factor analysis. Multiple linear and logistic regression analyses were used to perform multifactor analysis.@*RESULTS@#The percentage of non-obese children who grew up to be non-obese adults was 62.6%, and that of obese children who grew up to be obese adults was 80.0%. There was a significant association between childhood body mass index (BMI) and adulthood BMI with a β regression coefficient of 3.76 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.36-6.16], and between childhood obesity and adulthood obesity with an odds ratio of 5.76 (95% CI 1.37-24.34). There was no statistical difference between parental obesity at baseline and children's adulthood obesity, after adjustment of confounders. Male participants and those aged 10.0-13.0 years had a higher risk of adulthood obesity with odds ratios of 2.50 (95% CI 1.12-5.26) and 3.62 (95% CI 1.17-11.24), respectively.@*CONCLUSION@#Childhood obesity is an important predictor of adulthood obesity.
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Main subject:
Parents
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Body Mass Index
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Odds Ratio
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China
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Epidemiology
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Prevalence
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Prospective Studies
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Follow-Up Studies
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Pediatric Obesity
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Obesity
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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