Key result
Higher SBP is linked to worse academic performance while BMI shows non-linear verbal reasoning associations.
Why the study?
The relationship between cardiometabolic risk factors and cognitive/academic performance in adolescents is not well understood.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,297)
Cardiometabolic risk factors, specifically higher systolic blood pressure and extremes of BMI or waist circumference, are associated with poorer academic and cognitive performance in adolescents.
Hypothesis-generating in adolescents; leaves open whether cardiometabolic factors causally affect cognition or academic outcomes.
This exploratory study examines the relationship between cardiometabolic risk factors (blood pressure, waist circumference, BMI, and total cholesterol) and cognitive/academic performance. In this study, 1297 Taiwanese tenth-grade volunteers are recruited. Scores from the Basic Competency Test, an annual national competitive entrance examination, are used to evaluate academic performance. Cognitive abilities are accessed via the Multiple Aptitude Test Battery. The results indicate that systolic blood pressure is significantly, negatively associated with academic performance, both in male and female subjects. BMI and waist circumference are associated with verbal reasoning performance with an inverse U-shaped pattern, suggesting that both low and high BMI/waist circumference may be associated with lower verbal reasoning performance.
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Yeh et al. (2015) reported a cross-sectional. Cardiometabolic risk factors (blood pressure, waist circumference, BMI, total cholesterol) was evaluated on Cognitive and academic performance. Systolic blood pressure was significantly and negatively associated with academic performance, while BMI and waist circumference showed an inverse U-shaped association with verbal reasoning.
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