Parental body mass index and blood pressure are associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in their adult offspring: a cross-sectional study in a resource-limited setting in northern Peru
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Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M
Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio
Sal Y Rosas, Víctor G
Sacksteder, Katherine A
Diez-Canseco, Francisco
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: High body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) are major contributors to the high burden of non-communicable diseases in adulthood. Individual high-risk and population approaches for prevention require newer strategies to target these risk factors and focusing on the family to introduce prevention initiatives appears as a promising scenario. Characterisation of the relationship between BMI and BP among the adult members of a given family merits evaluation. We conducted a secondary analysis of an implementation study in Tumbes, Peru, benefiting from data derived from families with at least one adult offspring. METHODS: The exposures of interest were the BMI, systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) of the mother and father. The outcomes were the BMI, SBP and DBP of the offspring. Mixed-effects linear regression models were conducted. RESULTS: The mean age of the offspring, mothers and fathers was 29 (SD: 9.5), 54 (SD: 11.8) and 59 (SD: 11.6) years, respectively. Father's BMI was associated with a quarter-point increase in offspring BMI, regardless of the sex of the offspring. Mother's BMI had a similar effect on the BMI of her sons, but had no significant effect on her daughters'. Mother's SBP was associated with almost one-tenth of mmHg increase in the SBP of the adult offspring. There was no evidence of an association for DBP. CONCLUSIONS: In families with adult members, the higher the parents' BMI and SBP, the higher their adult offspring's levels will be.
Date Issued
2018-05-01
Date Acceptance
2018-03-25
Citation
Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2018, 23 (5), pp.533-540
ISSN
1360-2276
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
533
End Page
540
Journal / Book Title
Tropical Medicine and International Health
Volume
23
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Tropical Medicine & International Health Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29575646
Subjects
blood pressure
body mass index
family health
hypertension
obesity
overweight
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2018-03-25