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- Title
The longitudinal association between neighbourhood quality and cardiovascular risk factors among youth receiving obesity treatment.
- Authors
Neshteruk, Cody D.; Chandrashekaran, Shivani; Armstrong, Sarah C.; Skinner, Asheley C.; Delarosa, Jesse; D'Agostino, Emily M.
- Abstract
Summary: Background: Neighbourhood factors are associated with cardiovascular health in adults, but these relationships are under‐explored in youth. Objectives: To characterize the associations between neighbourhood factors and child and adolescent health among youth with obesity. Methods: Data were drawn from patient health records at a pediatric weight management clinic (n = 2838) and the Child Opportunity Index (COI). Exposures were area‐level neighbourhood factors (commute duration, walkability, greenspace and industrial pollutants). Outcomes included BMI relative to the 95th percentile (BMIp95) and blood pressure (continuous variables). Longitudinal models examined associations between COI indicators and outcomes. Results: Shorter commute duration (β = −4.31, 95% CI: −5.92, −2.71) and greater walkability (β = −4.40, 95% CI: −5.98, −2.82) were negatively associated with BMIp95. Increased greenspace availability was positively associated with BMIp95 (β = 1.93, 95% CI: 0.19, 3.67). None of the COI indicators were associated with cardiovascular outcomes in the full sample. Analyses stratified by sex and race/ethnicity showed similar patterns for BMIp95. For commute duration, there was a negative association with blood pressure for female, non‐Hispanic White and other race/ethnicity youth. Conclusions: Neighbourhood factors should be considered as contextual factors when treating youth with obesity. Additional research is needed to understand the relationship between neighbourhood factors and cardiovascular outcomes.
- Subjects
OBESITY treatment; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; CONFIDENCE intervals; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; BODY mass index; NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics
- Publication
Pediatric Obesity, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
2047-6302
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijpo.13080