Design of huantai childhood cardiovascular health cohort study
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200610-00857
- VernacularTitle:山东省淄博市桓台儿童心血管健康随访队列设计方案
- Author:
Lili YANG
1
;
Qian ZHANG
;
Yanqing ZHANG
;
Jiahong SUN
;
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:
Child;
Cardiovascular disease;
Cohort studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;54(12):1461-1464
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been an important public health issue in China. Recently, the prevalence of obesity, elevated blood pressure, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and unhealthy lifestyles was high in Chinese children and adolescents, which might increase the risk of short-term target organ damage and adult CVD. Therefore, we selected one primary school in Huantai County, Zibo City between November 2017 and January 2018 to establish the Huantai Childhood Cardiovascular Health Cohort Study. The aim of this project was to investigate the effects of childhood exposures on short-term target organ damage and adult CVD, and to provide evidence to curb the epidemic of CVD in China from the source. A total of 1 515 children aged 6-11 years old were included at the baseline. In this paper, we will introduce the overall design of the survey, including participants, methods, quality control, basic characteristics of the participants, study limitations, and future directions, which might provide some useful implications for similar researches in the future.
