Association between parental education level and left ventricular hypertrophy in childhood
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200610-00854
- VernacularTitle:父母受教育水平与儿童左心室肥厚的关联
- Author:
Yue GENG
1
;
Qian ZHANG
;
Yanqing ZHANG
;
Lili YANG
;
Min ZHAO
;
Bo XI
Author Information
1. 山东大学齐鲁医学院公共卫生学院流行病学系 山东大学儿童心血管研究中心，济南250012
- Keywords:
Education;
Cross-sectional studies;
Left ventricular hypertrophy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2021;55(5):667-671
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To examine the relationship between parental education level and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in children.Methods:The data comes from the baseline survey of the Huantai Childhood Cardiovascular Health Cohort Study (HCCH) conducted in Huantai County, Zibo City, Shandong Province. A convenient cluster sampling method was used to select a primary school in Huantai County, Zibo City, Shandong Province as a survey point. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 2017 to January 2018. A total of 1 316 children aged 6-11 years with complete data were included. LVH was defined as left ventricular mass index ≥ sex-and age-specific 90th percentile values of this population. Education levels of both parents were divided into junior high school or lower, high school, university or higher, respectively. Logistic regression models were used to analyze the association between parental education level and LVH in children.Results:The age of 1 316 participants was (8.9±1.5) years old. Among them, there were 703 boys (53.4%).After adjusting for gender, age, intake of vegetables and fruits, intake of carbonated drinks, physical activity, sleep time, screen time, overweight or obesity, and occasional hypertension, the logistic regression model results show that compared with those children whose parents′ education level is junior high school or below, paternal or maternal education level of college or higher was associated with odds of LVH (father: OR=0.53, 95% CI: 0.33-0.87; mother: OR=0.52, 95% CI: 0.32-0.87; father/mother: OR=0.54,95% CI: 0.32-0.91). Conclusion:Parental education level is inversely associated with LVH in childhood. The probability of LVH in childhood decreases with the increase of parental education levels.
