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Chia, Airu; Toh, Jia Ying; Natarajan, Padmapriya; Cai, Shirong; Ong, Yi Ying; Descarpentrie, Alexandra; Lioret, Sandrine; Bernard, Jonathan Y; Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk; Godfrey, Keith M; Tan, Kok Hian; Chong, Yap Seng; Eriksson, Johan G; Chong, Mary F-F
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 01/2024, Volume: 21, Issue: 1Journal Article
Tracking combinations of lifestyle behaviours during childhood ("lifestyle pattern trajectories") can identify subgroups of children that might benefit from lifestyle interventions aiming to improve health outcomes later in life. However, studies on the critical transition period from early to middle childhood are limited. We aimed to describe lifestyle patterns trajectories in children from 2 to 8 years of age and evaluated their associations with cardiometabolic risk markers at age 8 years in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort. Twelve lifestyle behaviours related to child's diet, physical activity, screen use, and sleep were ascertained using questionnaires at ages 2, 5, and 8 years. Age-specific lifestyle patterns were derived using principal component analysis and trajectories were determined using group-based multi-trajectory modelling. Child cardiometabolic risk markers were assessed at age 8 years, and associations with trajectories examined using multiple regression, adjusted for confounders. Among 546 children, two lifestyle patterns "healthy" and "unhealthy" were observed at ages 2, 5, and 8 years separately. Three trajectory groups from 2 to 8 years were identified: consistently healthy (11%), consistently unhealthy (18%), and mixed pattern (71%). Children in the consistently unhealthy group (vs. mixed pattern) had increased odds of pre-hypertension (OR = 2.96 95% CI 1.18-7.41) and higher levels of diastolic blood pressure (β = 1.91 0.27-3.55 mmHg), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (β = 0.43 0.13-0.74), triglycerides (β = 0.11 0.00-0.22 mmol/L), and metabolic syndrome score (β = 0.85 0.20-1.49), but not with BMI z-score or any anthropometric measurements. The consistently healthy group showed no differences in cardiometabolic outcomes compared to the mixed pattern group. Three distinct lifestyle pattern trajectories were identified from early to middle childhood. Children in the consistently unhealthy lifestyle group did not have a raised BMI but was associated with several elevated cardiometabolic risk markers. These findings suggest the potential benefits of initiating holistic lifestyle interventions to improve children's health and well-being from an early age. Trial registration number: NCT01174875. Name of registry: ClinicalTrials.gov. URL of registry: https://classic. gov/ct2/show/NCT01174875 . Date of registration: August 4, 2010. Date of enrolment of the first participant to the trial: June 2009.
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