Weight status changes from childhood to adulthood were associated with cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood

Aim Few studies have assessed the association between weight changes from childhood to adulthood and cardiometabolic factors in adulthood. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between weight changes from childhood to adulthood and cardiometabolic factors in adulthood using national...

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Published in:Acta Paediatrica 2024-09, Vol.113 (9), p.2126-2133
Main Authors: Huang, Jia‐Shuan, Lu, Min‐Shan, Ramakrishnan, Rema, Gao, Chang, Zheng, Si‐Yu, Yang, Kun, Guo, Yi‐Xin, Lu, Jin‐Hua, Qiu, Xiu, He, Jian‐Rong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body mass index
Body weight
cardiometabolic factor
Childhood
childhood obesity
Children
longitudinal study
metabolic health
Obesity
Overweight
Regression analysis
weight changes
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Summary:Aim Few studies have assessed the association between weight changes from childhood to adulthood and cardiometabolic factors in adulthood. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between weight changes from childhood to adulthood and cardiometabolic factors in adulthood using national Chinese data. Methods We included 649 participants from the China Health and Nutrition Survey from 1989 to 2009 and divided them into four groups by their body mass index from 6 to 37 years of age. They were selected using multistage random cluster sampling from 15 areas with large variations in economic and social development. Poisson regression models assessed associations between weight status changes and cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood. Results The risk of multiple abnormal cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood was increased in the 126 subjects with normal weight in childhood but overweight or obesity in adulthood and the 28 with obesity at both ages, compared to the 462 with normal weight at both ages. There was insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the 33 who had weight issues as children, but not as adults, had an increased risk. Conclusion Being overweight or obese in both childhood and adulthood or during adulthood only increased the risk of abnormal cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood. Larger studies need to investigate whether weight problems in childhood, but not adulthood, increase the risk.
ISSN:0803-5253
1651-2227
1651-2227
DOI:10.1111/apa.17255