Association of health behaviors in life’s essential 8 and hypertension in adolescents: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database
A high CVH score, indicating a greater adherence of health behaviors, was associated with a reduced odds of hypertension, especially among boys and overweight/obesity adolescents. Large-scale prospective cohort studies are needed to further explore the association between health behaviors defined in LE8 and hypertension among adolescents.
Authors
- Yu Qu
- Zhiyong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5936-029X)
- Weiming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-7067)
- Xuejiao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-0590)
- Dapeng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-8709)
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University (CN)
- Beijing Chaoyang Emergency Medical Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-024-04205-2
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.41