Red meat and chicken consumption and its association with high blood pressure and obesity in South Korean children and adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis of KSHES, 2011-2015
- Authors
- Kim, Geum Hee; Shin, Sang Won; Lee, Juneyoung; Hwang, Jun Hyun; Park, Soon-Woo; Moon, Jin Soo; Kim, Hyun Jung; Ahn, Hyeong Sik
- Issue Date
- 22-May-2017
- Publisher
- BMC
- Keywords
- Meat consumption; High blood pressure; Obesity; Children and adolescents
- Citation
- NUTRITION JOURNAL, v.16, no.1
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NUTRITION JOURNAL
- Volume
- 16
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/4984
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12937-017-0252-7
- ISSN
- 1475-2891
1475-2891
- Abstract
- Background: The impact of meat consumption on high blood pressure (HBP) and obesity in children and adolescents is a subject of debate. The aim of this study was thus to evaluate the association between meat consumption and both HBP and obesity in this group. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis using nationally representative samples of children and adolescents aged 9, 12, and 15 years old (n = 136,739) who were included in the Korea School Health Examination Survey (KSHES) for the 2011-2015 period. Multiple linear and logistic regression analysis was used to determine the factors influencing systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) levels, and to test the strength of these relationships. Results: Adjusted for covariates, 6.3% of those subjects who consumed > 5 servings of meat (including beef, pork, and chicken) per week were obese, compared with 9.1% of the subjects who consumed < 1 serving of meat/wk (obesity adjusted odds ratio [OR]: 1.44; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21-1.70; P <= 0.001). Those who consumed < 1 serving of meat/wk had an HBP prevalence of 8.2%, compared with 7.2% for subjects who consumed > 5 servings of meat/wk (systolic HBP adjusted OR: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.05-1.62; P <= 0.01, diastolic HBP adjusted OR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.02-1.54; P < 0.05). Obese subjects were estimated to have a higher SBP (beta = 7.497, P < 0.001) and DBP (beta = 4.123, P < 0.001) than subjects who had no excess weight. Compared to subjects who consumed > 5 servings of meat/wk, those who consumed < 3 servings of meat/wk had a higher SBP (beta = 0.574, P < 0.001) and DBP (beta = 0.376, P = 0.003) after adjusting for BMI. The intake of milk, fruit, and vegetables was not associated with either SBP or DBP (P > 0.05). In contrast, BMI was significantly associated with milk, fruits, and vegetables (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Among children and adolescents, a higher level of meat consumption was associated with lower SBP, DBP, and BMI, and greater height, suggesting that consuming an appropriate amount of meat is important for healthy growth at a young age.
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