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Objective@#To analyze the prevalence of physical fitness among Chinese Han students aged 13-18 years in 2014, and explore related influencing factors.@*Methods@#This study recruited 106 881 Han students aged 13-18 years who had taken physical fitness test from Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health in 2014. After the exclusion of 1 047 students without complete records of physical fitness test, 105 834 students were included in the final analysis. According to the National Student Physical Health Standard modified in 2014, seven indicators including body mass index, vital capacity, 50-m run, sit-and-reach, standing broad jump, pull-ups/curl-ups and endurance run were tested to calculate the total score of students' physical fitness. Students with score ≥60 were regarded as qualified students. Multivariate non-conditional logistic regression model was used to analyze influencing factors of physical fitness.@*Results@#Among Chinese Han students aged 13-18 years, the total score was 70.1±10.7 and the qualified rate was 83.9% (n=88 813). Boys (83.5% (44 197/52 910)) had a lower qualified rate of physical fitness than girls (84.3% (44 616/52 924)) (P<0.001), and 13-15 age group (86.5% (46 255/53 465)) was higher than the 16–18 age group (81.3% (42 558/52 369)) (P<0.001). Except for 16–18-year-old boys from central region, normal body mass index, eastern region, good socioeconomic status, enough PE class, exercise time ≥1 h/d, homework time ≥2 h/d, TV time <1 h/d were all related to high qualified rates of physical fitness (P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#Chinese Han students aged 13-18 years were in good physical condition. The qualified rates of physical fitness were significantly different by gender and age groups. Nutritional status, region, socioeconomic status, PE class, exercise time per day, homework time per day, and TV time per day were related factors of physical fitness.
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Objective@#To investigate the prevalence and related factors of dyslipidemia among children and adolescents aged 6-17 years in 7 provinces in China.@*Methods@#Using the method of stratified cluster random sampling, 93 primary and secondary schools were selected from Guangdong, Hunan, Liaoning provinces, Shanghai, Chongqing, Tianjin municipalities and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China, 2012. A total of 16 434 students aged 6-17 years old with completed physical and lipid profiles parameters were selected into this study from above 93 primary and secondary schools. Dyslipidemia was determined by the definition of Expert Advice on Prevention and Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents in 2009. Logistic regression model was used to explore the factors related to dyslipidemia.@*Results@#The prevalence of elevated total cholesterol, elevated triglyceride, elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and dyslipidemia was 5.4% (887 cases), 15.7% (2 578 cases), 3.0% (492 cases), 13.5% (2 221 cases) and 28.5% (4 679 cases) among children and adolescents aged 6-17 years, respectively. Sugary drinks intake ≥once per week (OR=1.14; 95%CI: 1.05-1.24), sedentary time >10 hours per day (OR=1.14, 95%CI: 1.01-1.28), overweight (OR=1.50, 95%CI: 1.33-1.70), and obesity (OR=2.62, 95%CI: 2.31-2.96) were significantly associated with the prevalence of dyslipidemia.@*Conclusion@#The prevalence of dyslipidemia was high among children and adolescents aged 6-17 in 7 provinces in China, 2012. Sugary drinks intake ≥once per week, sedentary time >10 hours per day, overweight and obesity might be the risk factors of dyslipidemia among children and adolescents.
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Objective@#This study aimed to explore the association between malnutrition and the level of blood pressure (BP) as well as elevated BP (EBP) in Han students aged 7 to 18 years in China.@*Methods@#170 037 subjects with normal nutritional status and malnutrition were enrolled in this study from 2014 Chinese National Surveys on Students' Constitution and Health with a multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling framework covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities after the exclusion of 44 317 overweight and obese students. According to the standard of "Screening Standard for Malnutrition of School-age Children and Adolescents" (WS/T456-2014), the nutritional status of children were classified into two categories, normal nutritional status and malnutrition containing stunting, mild wasting and moderate severe wasting. The level of BP and prevalence of EBP were compared between students with normal nutritional status and malnutrition. The multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between malnutrition and EBP.@*Results@#The levels of systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) in Chinese Han students aged 7-18 years who were non-overweight and non-obesity status were (103.4±12.3) and (64.7±9.5) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), respectively. The prevalence of EBP, systolic EBP and diastolic EBP in Chinese Han malnourished students (N=21 012) were 3.1% (n=649), 1.5% (n=324) and 2.1% (n=445), respectively, which was significantly lower than those (N=148 320) with normal nutritional status (4.5% (n=6 707), 2.6% (n=3 872) and 2.7% (n=3 959)), and the corresponding differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The OR (95%CI) between malnutrition and EBP was 0.68 (0.62-0.73), which were 0.65 (0.58-0.72) and 0.68 (0.60-0.77) for boys and girls. The OR (95%CI) between EBP and stunting as well as mild wasting and moderate severe wasting were 0.69 (0.62-0.77), 0.63 (0.55-0.72) and 0.79 (0.60-1.05), respectively.@*Conclusion@#The level of BP and prevalence of EBP in Chinese Han students with malnutrition were lower than those with normal nutritional status. The negative correlation existed between malnutrition and EBP in Chinese Han students aged 7 to 18 years.
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Objective To explore the association between cesarean section and obesity in child and adolescent.Methods In this study,a total number of 42 758 primary and middle school students aged between 6 and 17 were selected,using the stratified cluster sampling method in 93 primary and middle schools in Hunan,Ningxia,Tianjin,Chongqing,Liaoning,Shanghai and Guangdong provinces and autonomous regions.Log-Binomial regression model was used to analyze the association between cesarean section and obesity in childhood or adolescent.Results Mean age of the subjects was (10.5±3.2) years.The overall rate of cesarean section among subjects attending primary or secondary schools was 42.3％,with 55.9％ in boys and,40.6％ in girls respectively and with difference statistically significant (P＜0.001).The rate on obesity among those that received cesarean section (17.6％) was significantly higher than those who experienced vaginal delivery (10.2％) (P＜0.001).Results from the log-binomial regression model showed that cesarean section significantly increased the risk of obesity in child and adolescent (OR=1.72,95％CI:1.63-1.82;P＜0.001).After adjusting for factors as sex,residential areas (urban or rural),feeding patterns,frequencies of milk-feeding,eating high-energy foods,eating fried foods and the levels of parental education,family income,parental obesity,physical activity levels,gestational age and birth weight etc.,the differences were still statistically significant (OR=1.48,95％ CI:1.39-1.57;P＜0.001).Conclusion The rate of cesarean section among pregnant women in China appeared high which may significantly increase the risk of obesity in child or adolescent.
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Objective To analyze the level of hemoglobin level and the prevalence of anemia in students aged 7-14 years in China.Methods According to the 2010 Chinese National Surveys on Students' Constitution and Health,71 130 students who were aged 7,9,12 and 14 years and had received hemoglobin test were sampled as the subjects,WHO anemia diagnostic criteria was used to explore the hemoglobin level and the prevalence of anemia.Results The mean concentrations of hemoglobin were (129.25 ± 11.37) g/L,(131.04 ± 11.08) g/L,(135.02 ± 12.12) g/L and (138.47 ± 13.97) g/L and the prevalence of anemia was 9.0％,6.5％,8.6％ and 7.7％ respectively in 7,9,12 and 14 years old students.The prevalence of anemia was 9.7％ in girls,significant higher than that in boys (6.2％),and 8.8％ in rural students,significantly higher than that in urban students (7.1％).The hemoglobin levels were (133.19 ± 12.56) g/L,(133.28 ± 12.76) g/L,(134.24 ± 12.73) g/L and (133.79 ± 12.16) g/L and the prevalence of anemia were 8.8％,8.3％,6.7％ and 5.9％ respectively in thin,normal,overweight and fat students,there were significant differences among four groups.Conclusion The prevalence of anemia in students aged 7-14 years in China was still high,and there was significant differences among different gender,area,age and nutritional status groups.
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Objective To understand and evaluate the prevalence of myopia and its trend in children and adolescents aged 7-18 years in Han ethnic group in China from 2005 to 2014,and provide evidence for the prevention of myopia.Methods The data of 2005,2010 and 2014 Chinese National Students Constitution and Health Surveys were collected.The children and adolescents with complete detection data of binoculus were selected as study subjects.The sample size of three studies were 233 108,215 319 and 212 743,respectively.The method of curve fitting was used to simulate the myopia detection increase model and analyze the gender and area specific myopia detection increase trends and characteristics from 2005 to 2014.Results The overall myopia detection rate increased gradually in the children and adolescents aged 7 to 18,which was 47.5％ in 2005,55.5％ in 2010 and 57.1％ in 2014,respectively.The increase slowed in 2014.A "parabola" shape of myopia detection increase rate was observed.Myopia detection rate increased with age before puberty and decreased with age after puberty gradually.A "cross phenomenon" of myopia detection increase was observed in boys and girls between urban and rural areas.The increase of myopia detection was mainly in urban students before puberty and in rural students after puberty.The age of myopia prevalence peak has become earlier constantly in children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 2005 to 2014,which was 13 years old in 2005,12 years old in 2010 and 11 years old in 2014.The increase rate was about 7％.During 2005-2014,the increase rate of myopia detection gradually increased in younger students and tended to zero in older students.Conclusion The detection rate of myopia was still high in children and adolescents in China.The age of myopia prevalence peak has become earlier gradually.
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Objective To explore the association between cesarean section and obesity in child and adolescent.Methods In this study,a total number of 42 758 primary and middle school students aged between 6 and 17 were selected,using the stratified cluster sampling method in 93 primary and middle schools in Hunan,Ningxia,Tianjin,Chongqing,Liaoning,Shanghai and Guangdong provinces and autonomous regions.Log-Binomial regression model was used to analyze the association between cesarean section and obesity in childhood or adolescent.Results Mean age of the subjects was (10.5±3.2) years.The overall rate of cesarean section among subjects attending primary or secondary schools was 42.3％,with 55.9％ in boys and,40.6％ in girls respectively and with difference statistically significant (P＜0.001).The rate on obesity among those that received cesarean section (17.6％) was significantly higher than those who experienced vaginal delivery (10.2％) (P＜0.001).Results from the log-binomial regression model showed that cesarean section significantly increased the risk of obesity in child and adolescent (OR=1.72,95％CI:1.63-1.82;P＜0.001).After adjusting for factors as sex,residential areas (urban or rural),feeding patterns,frequencies of milk-feeding,eating high-energy foods,eating fried foods and the levels of parental education,family income,parental obesity,physical activity levels,gestational age and birth weight etc.,the differences were still statistically significant (OR=1.48,95％ CI:1.39-1.57;P＜0.001).Conclusion The rate of cesarean section among pregnant women in China appeared high which may significantly increase the risk of obesity in child or adolescent.
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Objective To analyze the level of hemoglobin level and the prevalence of anemia in students aged 7-14 years in China.Methods According to the 2010 Chinese National Surveys on Students' Constitution and Health,71 130 students who were aged 7,9,12 and 14 years and had received hemoglobin test were sampled as the subjects,WHO anemia diagnostic criteria was used to explore the hemoglobin level and the prevalence of anemia.Results The mean concentrations of hemoglobin were (129.25 ± 11.37) g/L,(131.04 ± 11.08) g/L,(135.02 ± 12.12) g/L and (138.47 ± 13.97) g/L and the prevalence of anemia was 9.0％,6.5％,8.6％ and 7.7％ respectively in 7,9,12 and 14 years old students.The prevalence of anemia was 9.7％ in girls,significant higher than that in boys (6.2％),and 8.8％ in rural students,significantly higher than that in urban students (7.1％).The hemoglobin levels were (133.19 ± 12.56) g/L,(133.28 ± 12.76) g/L,(134.24 ± 12.73) g/L and (133.79 ± 12.16) g/L and the prevalence of anemia were 8.8％,8.3％,6.7％ and 5.9％ respectively in thin,normal,overweight and fat students,there were significant differences among four groups.Conclusion The prevalence of anemia in students aged 7-14 years in China was still high,and there was significant differences among different gender,area,age and nutritional status groups.
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Objective To understand and evaluate the prevalence of myopia and its trend in children and adolescents aged 7-18 years in Han ethnic group in China from 2005 to 2014,and provide evidence for the prevention of myopia.Methods The data of 2005,2010 and 2014 Chinese National Students Constitution and Health Surveys were collected.The children and adolescents with complete detection data of binoculus were selected as study subjects.The sample size of three studies were 233 108,215 319 and 212 743,respectively.The method of curve fitting was used to simulate the myopia detection increase model and analyze the gender and area specific myopia detection increase trends and characteristics from 2005 to 2014.Results The overall myopia detection rate increased gradually in the children and adolescents aged 7 to 18,which was 47.5％ in 2005,55.5％ in 2010 and 57.1％ in 2014,respectively.The increase slowed in 2014.A "parabola" shape of myopia detection increase rate was observed.Myopia detection rate increased with age before puberty and decreased with age after puberty gradually.A "cross phenomenon" of myopia detection increase was observed in boys and girls between urban and rural areas.The increase of myopia detection was mainly in urban students before puberty and in rural students after puberty.The age of myopia prevalence peak has become earlier constantly in children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 2005 to 2014,which was 13 years old in 2005,12 years old in 2010 and 11 years old in 2014.The increase rate was about 7％.During 2005-2014,the increase rate of myopia detection gradually increased in younger students and tended to zero in older students.Conclusion The detection rate of myopia was still high in children and adolescents in China.The age of myopia prevalence peak has become earlier gradually.
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Objective@#To discuss the main causes and risk factors of disability and death among current Chinese adolescents.@*Methods@#Subnational data of China from Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015) was used to rank the causes and risk factors leading to death and disability adjusted life years (DALY) in Chinese adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years old, and thereby to analyze the main cauese and risk factors of death and DALY among Chinese adolescents in different genders.@*Results@#In 2015, among Chinese adolescents aged 10-19 years old, the total DALY was 13 million 490 thousand years, and the total number of deaths was 63 258 cases. The top 3 causes of DALY were skin and subcutaneous diseases, iron-deficiency anemia and road injuries, resulting in DALY (constituent ratio) of 1 411 (10.5%), 1 094 (8.1%) and 1 029 (7.6%) thousand years respectively. The top 3 causes of death were road injuries, drowning and leukemia, causing 13 881 (21.9%), 9 895 (15.6%) and 4 620 (7.3%) deaths (constituent ratio) respectively. The top 3 risk factors of DALY were iron deficiency, alcohol use and drug use, causing 1 094 (8.1%), 487 (3.6%) and 220 thousand years (1.6%) DALY (constituent ratio) respectively. The top 3 risk factors of death were alcohol use, occupational injuries and drug use, causing 5 957 (9.4%), 1 523 (2.4%) and 810 (1.3%) deaths respectively.@*Conclusion@#Unintentional injury was the top cause of DALY and death in Chinese adolescents, followed by skin and subcutaneous diseases and iron-deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency and alcohol use were the top two risk factors of DALY and death.
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Objective@#To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) among children and adolescents aged 10-16 years old in 7 provinces in China.@*Methods@#Using the method of stratified cluster random sampling, 93 primary and secondary schools were selected from Guangdong, Hunan, Liaoning, Shanghai, Chongqing, Tianjin, and Ningxia provinces in China. A total of 9 296 students aged 10-16 years old with complete physical and biochemical parameters were selected as the subjects of the present study from above 93 primary and secondary schools. MS was determined using the definition of 'guideline of 2010 Chinese children and adolescents MS definition and treatment’. The standardized age-sex composition of the 2010 census was used to standardize the MS detection rate of every province. Chi-square test was used to compare the difference of MS prevalence among participants with different characteristics.@*Results@#The prevalence of MS was 4.1% (384/9 296) among children and adolescents aged 10-16 years old in 7 provinces in China. The prevalence of MS among males was 5.0% (237/4 754), which was significantly higher than females (3.2%) (147/4 542) (P<0.05). Stratified by nutrition conditions, the prevalence of MS was 0, 0.6% (39/6 733), 8.9% (104/1 170), 30.0% (241/803) for thin, normal weight, overweight, and obese population, respectively. The MS prevalence increased with the increase of body mass index (BMI) (P<0.001). Stratified by provinces, the prevalence of MS was the highest in Tianjin (9.2%) and the lowest in Hunan province (0.8%).@*Conclusion@#The prevalence of MS was high among children and adolescents aged 10-16 years old in 7 provinces in China. MS prevalence among males was higher than females; MS prevalence among overweight/obese population was higher than normal weight population. The detection rate of metabolic syndrome was different in different provinces.
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Objective: To understand and analyze the current situation and secular trends for prevalence of malnutrition among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 2005 to 2014, and to provide important scientific basis for students' nutrition improvement.Methods: All the subjects aged 7-18 years in both sexes were sampled from 2005, 2010 and 2014 Chinese National Surveys on Students Constitution and Health.According to the new students' health standard of Screening Standard for Malnutrition of school-age children and adolescents(WS/T456-2014) in 2014 of China, the nutritional status of children in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities, excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan province) were analyzed and compared in different ages, genders, regions and provinces from 2005 to 2014.The Tibetan students was used with the data of Tibetan minority and all the other students from 30 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) were Han minority.Results: The prevalence of malnutrition of children and adolescents of Han minority aged 7-18 years in 2014 was 10.0%.The prevalence of malnutrition components, including stunting, mild wasting and moderate severe wasting, were 0.8%, 3.7%, and 5.5%.Compared with 2005 and 2010, the prevalence of malnutrition of Han children and adolescents in 2014 had declined with 5.0 and 2.6 percentage points, respectively, and its components had declined with 1.0, 1.8, 2.2 and 0.4, 1.1, 1.2 percentage points, respectively.The prevalence of malnutrition of 2014 in boys was higher than in girls (11.1% vs.8.9%), the rural was higher than the urban (11.0% vs.9.1%) and the west (11.7%) was higher than the east (9.0%) and the middle (9.2%).Mild wasting of Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18 years was the main component in malnutrition and the stunting in the Han and Tibetan children and adolescents only accounted for 8.0% and 7.5%, respectively.Compared with 2005 and 2010, the prevalence of malnutrition for Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18 years in 2014 had declined with various extents constantly, and there was a statistically significant difference among three surveys (P<0.05).Provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) with high prevalence of malnutrition mainly concentrated in the southwest of China from 2005 to 2014.Compared with 2005 and 2010, the prevalence of malnutrition declined in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) of China in 2014.The number of provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) with high prevalence of malnutrition decreased constantly and increased for the number of province (autonomous regions, municipalities) with low prevalence.Conclusion: The prevalence of malnutrition among Chinese children and adolescents aged 7-18 years had declined from 2005 to 2014, but the total prevalence of malnutrition was still high.Mild wasting was the main component in malnutrition and the prevalence of stunting was low.Provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) with high prevalence of malnutrition mainly concentrated in the southwest of China.