Journal article
BMI trajectories associated with resolution of elevated youth BMI and incident adult obesity
MJ Buscot, RJ Thomson, M Juonala, MA Sabin, DP Burgner, T Lehtimäki, N Hutri-Kähönen, JSA Viikari, E Jokinen, P Tossavainen, T Laitinen, OT Raitakari, CG Magnussen
Pediatrics | AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Youth with high BMI who become nonobese adults have the same cardiovascular risk factor burden as those who were never obese. However, the early-life BMI trajectories for overweight or obese youth who avoid becoming obese adults have not been described. We aimed to determine and compare the young-childhood BMI trajectories of participants according to their BMI status in youth and adulthood. Methods: Bayesian hierarchical piecewise regression modeling was used to analyze the BMI trajectories of 2717 young adults who had up to 8 measures of BMI from childhood (ages 3-18 years) to adulthood (ages 34-49 years). Results: Compared with those with persistently high BMI, ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Young Finns Study has been supported by the Academy of Finland grants 286284, 134309 (Eye), 126925, 121584, 124282, 129378 (Salve), 117787 (Gendi), and 41071 (Skidi); the Social Insurance Institution of Finland; Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Kuopio, Tampere, and Turku University Hospitals (grant X51001); the Juho Vainio Foundation; the Paavo Nurmi Foundation; the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research; the Finnish Cultural Foundation; the Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation; the Emil Aaltonen Foundation; the Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation; the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation; the Diabetes Research Foundation of the Finnish Diabetes Association; the Sigrid Juselius Foundation; the Maud Kuistila Foundation; the Finnish Medical Foundation; and the Orion-Farmos Research Foundation; and this work was partly funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council project grant (APP1098369) and a Senior Research Fellowship to D.P.B. (APP1064629).