Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular disease risk factors in young children: a cross-sectional study (the IDEFICS study)

BMC Medicine

Luis A Moreno²  Yannis Pitsiladis⁵  Stefaan De Henauw⁴  Dénes Molnár⁸  Licia Iacoviello⁶  Alfonso Siani¹  Charalampos Hadjigeorgiou^1,10  Hermann Pohlabeln⁹  Wolfgang Ahrens⁹  Patrick Bergman⁷  Kenn Konstabel³  David Jiménez-Pavón^1,11 

[1]National Research Council, Institute of Food Sciences (ISA-CNR), Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Avellino, Italy

[2]Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

[3]Research Centre National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

[4]Department of Public Health, Gent University, Ghent, Belgium

[5]Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

[6]Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura ‘Giovanni Paolo II’, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy

[7]Department of Sport Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

[8]Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

[9]Bremen Institute for Preventive Research and Social Medicine, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

[10]Research & Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus

[11]GENUD: (Growth, Exercise, NUtrition and Development) Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Avd. Domingo Miral s/n, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain

关键词: Younger children;    Physical activity;    Cardiovascular disease risk factors;    Accelerometers;   

Others  :  856951
DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7015-11-172

 received in 2013-02-11, accepted in 2013-05-30,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The relevance of physical activity (PA) for combating cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in children has been highlighted, but to date there has been no large-scale study analyzing that association in children aged ≤9 years of age. This study sought to evaluate the associations between objectively-measured PA and clustered CVD risk factors in a large sample of European children, and to provide evidence for gender-specific recommendations of PA.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from a longitudinal study in 16,224 children aged 2 to 9 were collected. Of these, 3,120 (1,016 between 2 to 6 years, 2,104 between 6 to 9 years) had sufficient data for inclusion in the current analyses. Two different age-specific and gender-specific clustered CVD risk scores associated with PA were determined. First, a CVD risk factor (CRF) continuous score was computed using the following variables: systolic blood pressure (SBP), total triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC)/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) ratio, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and sum of two skinfolds (score CRFs). Secondly, another CVD risk score was obtained for older children containing the score CRFs + the cardiorespiratory fitness variable (termed score CRFs + fit). Data used in the current analysis were derived from the IDEFICS (‘Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS’) study.

Results

In boys <6 years, the odds ratios (OR) for CVD risk were elevated in the least active quintile of PA (OR: 2.58) compared with the most active quintile as well as the second quintile for vigorous PA (OR: 2.91). Compared with the most active quintile, older children in the first, second and third quintiles had OR for CVD risk score CRFs + fit ranging from OR 2.69 to 5.40 in boys, and from OR 2.85 to 7.05 in girls.

Conclusions

PA is important to protect against clustering of CVD risk factors in young children, being more consistent in those older than 6 years. Healthcare professionals should recommend around 60 and 85 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous PA, including 20 min/day of vigorous PA.

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【 授权许可】

   
2013 Jiménez-Pavón et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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