Greenlund K J, Liu K, Dyer A R, Kiefe C I, Burke G L, Yunis C
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1996 Apr;86(4):480-5. doi: 10.2105/ajph.86.4.480.
Associations of parental education, parental body size, and offspring's education with body mass index and 7-year change in body mass index were examined among participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.
CARDIA is a study of coronary artery disease risk factors in 5115 Black and White persons aged 18 to 30 at baseline. Analyses of covariance were carried out with body mass index and change in body mass index as the dependent variables, and with parental education, parental body size, and participant education as the major independent variables.
Father's body size was positively associated with participant's baseline body mass index among Black men, White men, and White women. Mother's body size was positively associated with baseline body mass index among all race-sex groups, and with change in body mass index among White women. Father's education was inversely associated with baseline body mass index among Black men and White women, and with change among White women.
Parental education may influence body mass index and changes in young adulthood, especially among White women. Such associations may be both genetic and environmental and may be important for obesity prevention efforts.
在青年动脉粥样硬化风险发展研究（CARDIA）的参与者中，研究父母教育程度、父母体型和子女教育程度与体重指数及体重指数7年变化之间的关联。
CARDIA是一项针对5115名基线年龄在18至30岁的黑人和白人的冠状动脉疾病危险因素研究。以体重指数和体重指数变化作为因变量，以父母教育程度、父母体型和参与者教育程度作为主要自变量进行协方差分析。
在黑人男性、白人男性和白人女性中，父亲的体型与参与者的基线体重指数呈正相关。在所有种族 - 性别组中，母亲的体型与基线体重指数呈正相关，在白人女性中与体重指数变化呈正相关。在黑人男性和白人女性中，父亲的教育程度与基线体重指数呈负相关，在白人女性中与体重指数变化呈负相关。
父母教育程度可能会影响青年时期的体重指数及变化，尤其是在白人女性中。这种关联可能既有遗传因素也有环境因素，对肥胖预防工作可能很重要。
