Large BMI rise during puberty increases risk for CV death in men
November 11, 2016
"Compared with boys without overweight in childhood or young adulthood, boys who developed overweight during puberty (HR = 2.39; 95% CI, 1.86-3.09) and boys who had overweight throughout childhood and puberty (HR = 1.85; 95% CI, 1.28-2.67) had an increased risk for CV death in adulthood, according to researchers.
When including a quadratic term for BMI change during puberty in models, the association between BMI change during puberty and CV mortality in adulthood was nonlinear, according to researchers (P < .0001), and the association persisted after adjustment for childhood BMI (P = .0002)."
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