Changes in health-related behaviours and cardiovascular risk factors in young adults: associations with living with a partner.

Objective: To examine changes in cardiovascular risk factors and health-related behaviours in young Australian adults at a stage of transition from the family environment.

Study Design: Repeated surveys between 9 and 25 years of age in a community-based group that included 569 eighteen-year-olds and 600 twenty-five-year-olds.

Results: There were significant increases (P < 0.

Associations between blood pressure and overweight defined by new standards for body mass index in childhood.

Background: Using data from a longitudinal study of young Australians, we applied recent international standards for overweight and obesity to examine associations with blood pressure (BP) and to determine the prevalence and degree of tracking of overweight and obesity. We also aimed to examine socioeconomic status in relation to these variables.

Methods: BP, height, and weight were measured at 3-year intervals from age 9 to 18, and then at 25 years of age in a Western Australian cohort.