Combining multiaspect factors to predict the risk of childhood hypertension incidence
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Jishuang Tong; Xizhou An; Li Zhao; Ping Qu; Xian Tang; Min Chen; Xiaohua Liang
- Source
- The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Vol 24, Iss 8, Pp 1015-1025 (2022)
- Subject
- case‐control study
childhood
hypertension—general
prediction model
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1751-7176
1524-6175
Abstract Childhood hypertension has become a global public health issue due to its increasing prevalence and association with cerebral‐cardiovascular disease in adults. In this study, we developed a predictive model for childhood hypertension based on environmental and genetic factors to identify at‐risk individuals. Eighty children diagnosed with childhood hypertension and 84 children in the control group matched by sex and age from an established cohort were included in a nested case–control study. We constructed a multiple logistic regression model to analyze the factors associated with hypertension and applied the 10‐fold cross‐validation method to verify the prediction stability of the model. Childhood hypertension was found positively correlated with triglyceride level ≥150 mg/dL; low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol level ≥110 mg/dL; body mass index Z score; waist‐to‐height ratio Z score; and red blood cell count (all P