Muscle mass is the main somatic growth indicator associated with increasing blood pressure with age in children and adolescents

Zaniqueli, Divanei; Alvim, Rafael de Oliveira; Baldo, Marcelo Perim; Morra, Elis Aguiar; Mill, José Geraldo

doi:10.1111/jch.14007

Cited by 7 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 22 publications

(30 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The results of this study show that children who did not crawl during infancy have higher levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure at school age. This could be due to the association of SBP with levels of adipose and muscle tissue during childhood [37]. This observation is in line with previous studies showing that early infant locomotive development (lifting the body upwards to a standing position, walking with support and walking without support) was an early life predictor of adult blood pressure levels [38].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children

Cazorla-González

García‐Retortillo

Gacto-Sánchez

et al. 2022

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: To study the impact of crawling before walking (CBW) on network interactions among body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence and physical fitness, at age 7, and to assess the longitudinal association between CBW and body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity parameters, at age 7. Method: CBW, body composition, cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity were assessed in seventy-seven healthy Caucasian children. Results: Network analyses revealed that the crawling group had a greater number of links among all the studied variables compared with the non-crawling group. In the longitudinal study, using multiple regression analyses, crawling was independently associated with fat mass (%), fat-to-muscle ratio and systolic blood pressure, with models explaining up to 56.3%, 56.7% and 29.9% of their variance, respectively. Conclusions: CBW during child’s development is a possible modulator in the network interactions between body systems and it could influence future metabolic and cardiovascular health.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children

Cazorla-González

García‐Retortillo

Gacto-Sánchez

et al. 2022

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…measured the body composition of 201 boys and girls aged 6 to 17 years using a DXA scan and found that only fat-free mass was associated with SBP (7) . Similar results were reported by several other studies (24–26) , although body composition in these studies was assessed by methodologies based on bioimpedance analysis which was thought less accurate than the gold standardised method (DXA scan) (27) . All these studies suggest that fat-free mass may play a dominant role in determining SBP in children and adolescents.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Fat-free mass may play a dominant role in the association between systolic blood pressure and body composition in children and adolescents

Yu,

Zhao,

Tang

et al. 2023

Br J Nutr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) significantly associates with body composition in children and adolescents. However, which components of body composition is the dominant contributor to SBP in children and adolescents remains unclear. We therefore aimed to determine the dominant contributor to SBP among components of body composition in a large cohort of American children and adolescents derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with cross-sectional analysis. 13618 children and adolescents (median age 13 years; 6107 girls) with available data on whole-body dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry measurements were included. Multiple linear regression showed that SBP associated with higher total fat-free mass in boys (β=0.49, P<0.001) and girls (β=0.47, P<0.001) and with higher total fat mass only in boys (β=0.12, P<0.001), after adjustment for covariates. When taking fat distribution into consideration, SBP associated with higher trunk fat mass (Boys: β=0.28, P<0.001; Girls: β=0.15, P<0.001), but negatively associated with leg fat mass (Boys: β=-0.14, P<0.001; Girls: β=-0.11, P<0.001), in both boys and girls. Dominance analysis showed that total fat-free mass was the dominant contributor to SBP (boys: 49%; girls: 55.3%), followed by trunk fat mass (boys: 32.1%; girls: 26.9%); leg fat mass contributed the least to SBP in boys (18.9%) and girls (17.8%). Our findings indicated that total fat-free mass was not only associated with SBP, but also the most dominant contributor to SBP variation in American children and adolescents.

show abstract

“…This is because approximately four out of ten of body composition is covered by skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle blood supply represents about a quarter of the total resting cardiac output which indicates a higher metabolism rate than other tissues (Zaniqueli et al , 2020). Furthermore, skeletal muscle also act as main site of insulin action and secrete other muscle factors (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, skeletal muscle also act as main site of insulin action and secrete other muscle factors (e.g. adipokines) which possibly associate with development of hypertension (Gao et al , 2024; Zaniqueli et al , 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although both MM and MS are highly correlated, MS reflects physical fitness, the dynamic of muscle function, and exerts a more pronounced influence on physical performance than MM, particularly during advancing age (Riviati and Indra, 2023) and associated positively with favorable metabolic health when combining with either active or inactive physical activity (Gomes et al, 2017). Impairment in muscular function may modify insulin sensitivity and muscle secretions (Gao et al, 2024;Zaniqueli et al, 2020) which leads to development of hypertension. As reported by a systematic Healthy eating index and muscle mass review and a recent longitudinal study, MS potentially acts as a marker of health status in adolescents, and those with favorable MS had reduced odds of getting metabolic syndromes (de Lima et al, 2020;Fraser et al, 2022).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Healthy eating index and muscle mass are associated stronger with blood pressure than muscle strength in adolescent girls living in urban area

Cahyanillah,

Melani,

Kuswari

et al. 2024

NFS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between muscle strength, eating index and blood pressure in adolescent girls. Growing studies show earlier onset of hypertension in youth. The prevalence may deteriorate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to unhealthy behavioral changes. Muscle mass (MM) is reported to be associated with blood pressure (BP), but there are limited studies that observed the relationship between the functional properties of muscle (muscle strength [MS]), healthy eating index (HEI) and BP. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study involved 499 girls aged 15–18 years. HEI was generated from a 24-h food recall. MM and body fat (BF) were measured by bioelectrical impendence analysis (BIA), and MS and BP were measured by hand grip and Tensimeter, respectively. Multiple linear tests were performed to obtain an adjusted model. Findings Almost five out of 100 girls had high BP (4.8%) and a good diet (4%). The majority of them had desirable MM (75.9%) and low MS (50.1%). HEI negatively and MS are positively associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP). The inclusion of MM in the model diminished the association between MS and SBP completely. After adjustment for age and BF, only MM (ß = 0.19, 95% CI = 0.35, 0.95) was associated with SBP. HEI was inversely (ß = −0.16, 95% CI = −0.31, −0.09) whereas MM (ß = 0.13, 95% CI = 0.11, 0.53) was positively associated with diastolic BP. Research limitations/implications Studies associating MM or MS with better physical performance and metabolic health are mostly reported in the elderly; current finding contributes to the lack of literature and implies the importance of examining those associations at a younger age. Originality/value HEI and MM are associated with young girls’ BP in different directions. Healthy eating and engagement in activities to optimize muscle function should be promoted in adolescent girls to alleviate the risk of getting cardiovascular disease.

show abstract

Muscle mass is the main somatic growth indicator associated with increasing blood pressure with age in children and adolescents

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children

Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children

Fat-free mass may play a dominant role in the association between systolic blood pressure and body composition in children and adolescents

Healthy eating index and muscle mass are associated stronger with blood pressure than muscle strength in adolescent girls living in urban area

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About