Grandparental education, parental education and adolescent blood pressure

Kwok, Man Ki; Schooling, CM; Leung, Gabriel M.; Subramanian, S. V.

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.06.015

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“…The analyses of subgroups stratified by ages also revealed that the effect of parental educational status on BP (Table 3) and dietary sodium intake (Table 4) was much clearly observed in the young adults, and was no more or only marginally valid in the subgroups with age > 40. These are in line with the previous studies of HTN in childhood and adolescent periods, where elevated BP was consistently associated with parental educational attainment [20][21][22] , but not with grandparental educational attainment 23,24 in this population, collectively suggesting that, as the age increases, the role of parental education status as a 'socio-economic legacy' fade away, and that the educational status of individual subjects emerges to dominantly determine lifestyle and health behavior. An observational study including 498 adolescent participants previously reported that the effect of parental education on BMI, lipid profiles, and SBP during young adulthood was statistically significant, but was no more significant after adjusting for participants' own education 25 .…”

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Parental educational status independently predicts the risk of prevalent hypertension in young adults

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Identification of individuals at risk of hypertension development based on socio-economic status have been inconclusive, due to variable definitions of low socio-economic status. We investigated whether educational status of individuals or their parents predicts prevalent hypertension in young adult population, by analyzing data of more than 37,000 non-institutionalized subjects from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008 to 2017. Although low educational status of individual subjects was robustly associated with elevation of systolic blood pressure and increased prevalence of hypertension in general population, its impact on prevalent hypertension differed across age subgroups, and was remarkably attenuated in young adults. Parental educational status was significantly associated with prevalent hypertension in young adults, but not or only marginally in elderly population. Low parental educational status was also associated with high sodium intake in young adults, irrespective of subject’s own educational status. These collectively indicate that parental educational status, rather than individual’s own educational status, better and independently predicts prevalent hypertension in young adults, and that young adults with low parental educational status are prone to intake more sodium, possibly contributing to the increased risk of hypertension development. We expect that our findings could help define young individuals at risk of high sodium intake and hypertension.

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Parental educational status independently predicts the risk of prevalent hypertension in young adults

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“…The association between CMLE and blood pressure established in other studies has been confirmed in this study. [57][58][59] A possible explanation lies in the life course model, which suggests that early disadvantages in terms of SES could have effects on blood pressure through several mechanisms at each stage of life. 60 In addition, it has been confirmed by some studies that the risk factors for atherosclerosis in adults are similar to those in childhood.…”

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<p>Childhood Maternal School Leaving Age (Level of Education) and Risk Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Adulthood: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort</p>

Iwundu

Pang

Pappas

2020

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between childhood maternal level of education (CMLE) and changes in anthropometric and laboratory risk markers of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in mid-adulthood using results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Design: Cohort study. Participants: A total of 9376 study samples consisting of subjects that participated in the biomedical survey of the national child development study (NCDS) carried out between 2002 and 2004 were used for the analysis. Main Outcome Measures: Five risk markers of MetS: (i) HDL-cholesterol (ii) triglyceride (iii) blood pressure (BP) including systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) (iv) waist circumference (WC) and (v) glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). Methods: The NCDS or the 1958 British birth cohort data deposited in the UK data service by the centre for longitudinal studies were used for analyses. Ordinary least squares regression was used to determine unit changes in the outcome variables given CMLE. Results: The estimates for unadjusted regression analysis of individual risk markers indicated a significant relationship between CMLE and alterations in the five risk markers of MetS (HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, WC, HbA1c, and BP) in midlife. After adjustment for birth and lifestyle characteristics/health behaviours, the relationship between CMLE and the risk markers was attenuated for HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and HbA1c but remained significant for WC 0.70 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.065-1.30, p<0.001) and SBP 1.48 (95% CI 0.48-2.47 p<0.001). Conclusion: There was a positive association between lower CMLE and the risk of MetS using the NCDS data. Lifestyle characteristics may be influential determinants of MetS risk in mid-adulthood.

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Pubertal testis volume, age at pubertal onset, and adolescent blood pressure: Evidence from Hong Kong's “Children of 1997” birth cohort

Kwok

Leung

Schooling

2017

American J Hum Biol

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Grandparental education, parental education and adolescent blood pressure

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Parental educational status independently predicts the risk of prevalent hypertension in young adults

Parental educational status independently predicts the risk of prevalent hypertension in young adults

<p>Childhood Maternal School Leaving Age (Level of Education) and Risk Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Adulthood: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort</p>

Pubertal testis volume, age at pubertal onset, and adolescent blood pressure: Evidence from Hong Kong's “Children of 1997” birth cohort

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