obesity

Longitudinal associations of childhood fitness and obesity profiles with midlife cognitive function: an Australian cohort study

Authors: Jamie L Tait, Taya A Collyer, Seana L Gall, Costan G Magnussen, Alison J Venn, Terence Dwyer, Brooklyn J Fraser, Chris Moran, Velandai K Srikanth, Michele L Callisaya

Journal: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Year Published: 2022

Objectives: Clusters of low fitness and high obesity in childhood are associated with poorer health outcomes in later life, however their relationship with cognition is unknown. Identifying such profiles may inform strategies to reduce risk of […]

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and neurocognitive function in children with primary hypertension

Authors: Juan C Kupferman, Donald L Batisky, Joshua Samuels, Heather R Adams, Stephen R Hooper, Hongyue Wang, Marc B Lande

Journal: Pediatric Nephrology

Year Published: 2018

Background Children with primary hypertension have been reported to have diminished scores in measures of cognition. However, little is known about the relative correlation between office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and neurocognitive test performance, and […]

Neurocognitive Function in Children with Primary Hypertension

Authors: Marc B Lande, Donald L Batisky, Juan C Kupferman, Joshua Samuels, Stephen R Hooper, Bonita Falkner, Shari R Waldstein, Peter G Szilagyi, Hongyue Wang, Jennifer Staskiewicz, Heather R Adams

Journal: The Journal of Pediatrics

Year Published: 2016

Objective: To compare neurocognitive test performance of children with primary hypertension with that of normotensive controls. Study Design: Seventy-five children (10-18 years of age) with newly diagnosed, untreated hypertension and 75 frequency-matched normotensive controls had baseline […]

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