Journal article
Cross-sectional associations between Ideal Cardiovascular Health scores and vascular phenotypes in 11- to 12-year-olds and their parents: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
RS Liu, M Wake, A Grobler, M Cheung, K Lycett, S Ranganathan, B Edwards, T Dwyer, P Azzopardi, M Juonala, DP Burgner
International Journal of Cardiology | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: Understanding early-life relationships between the Ideal Cardiovascular Health (ICVH) score and vascular phenotypes could inform likely effectiveness and timing of cardiovascular disease prevention strategies. We aimed to describe associations between ICVH scores and vascular phenotypes in 11- to 12-year-old children and their parents. Methods and results: Cross-sectional ICVH scores (range 0–7, higher indicating better health), derived by summing dichotomized metrics for cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure (BP), body mass index (BMI), diet, physical activity and smoking, were constructed for 1235 adults (89% female, mean age 43 years) and 1028 children (48% female, 12 years). T..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "This work has been supported to date by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (1041352, 1109355), The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-241), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne, National Heart Foundation of Australia (100660), Financial Markets Foundation for Children (2014-055: 2016-310) and Victoria Deaf Education Institute.", "The following authors were supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia: Postgraduate Scholarship (1114567) to RSL, Early Career Fellowship (1091124) to KL, and Senior Research Fellowships (1046518) to MW and (1064629) DPB.", "RSL is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.", "KL is supported by a National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (101239) and DPB is a National Heart Foundation Future Fellow (100026).", "MJ is supported by the Federal Research Grant of Finland to Turku University Hospital, Finnish Cardiovascular Foundation, Juho Vainio Foundation, Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Maud Kuistila Foundation, the Paulo Foundation, and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Fellowship).", "Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program. The Heart Research Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Royal Children's Hospital 1000, Royal Children's Hospital Foundation and BigW." ]