The association of quality of life and personality characteristics with adolescent metabolic syndrome: a cohort study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Xiaohua Liang¹  Lingjuan Liu¹  Xian Tang¹  Peng Zhang²  Shunqing Luo³  Guifang Zhang⁴ 

[1] Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Center of Child Development and Critical Disorders, 136 2nd Street, Yuzhong District, 400016, Chongqing, China;Disease Control and Prevention Center of Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, China;Medical General Ward of Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China;Plastic Surgery Department of Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China;

关键词: Quality of life;    Personality traits;    Adolescent;    Metabolic syndrome;    Cohort study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12955-021-01797-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAn increased prevalence of adolescent metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with adulthood cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to explore the potential relationship of quality of life (QoL) and personality traits with adolescent MS.MethodsA total of 1961 participants from Chongqing with an average age of 11.68 years old from a cohort study established in 2014 and followed up through 2019 were included. QoL information, Eysenck’s personality questionnaire and MS components were collected.ResultsA higher QoL domain score of physical activity ability (PAA) was a protective factor for both MS and MS score (all P < 0.01), which was mainly negatively correlated with the MS components of central obesity, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and triglyceride levels, as well as positively correlated with high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level. The total QoL score was negatively correlated with triglyceride levels and positively correlated with DBP (all P < 0.01). High extraversion personality score was a protective factor against adolescent MS (P = 0.04) and MS score (P < 0.05), which were mainly negatively correlated with the MS components of waist circumference, systolic blood pressure and TGs, and positively correlated with HDL-C (all P ≤ 0.01).ConclusionsQoL score and extraversion personality score were independent protective factors against both MS prevalence and MS score, suggesting that community intervention to improve the QoL and psychological health of children are essential.

【 授权许可】

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