Open AccessIdeal Cardiovascular Health Behaviours in Nationally Representative School-Based Samples of Adolescents in the Caribbean
Author(s) -
Supa Pengpid,
Karl Peltzer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s302168
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , confidence interval , percentile , ideal (ethics) , odds ratio , logistic regression , body mass index , odds , environmental health , gerontology , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , sociology
Ideal cardiovascular health behaviour (CVHB) measures four ideal health behaviours (non-smoking, body mass index <85th Percentile, healthy diet, and physical activity). This study aimed to determine the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of ideal CVHB among adolescents in the Caribbean.