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Background: Prevention and management of metabolic syndrome (MetS) during childhood are crucial. Recently, obesity among children and adolescents has increased with an increase in mothers' working hours. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between mothers' working hours and MetS in their children.
Methods: Data from the 2016-2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used, and 2,598 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years were included. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to confirm the association between MetS and mothers' working hours for each risk factor. Linear regression analysis was conducted to confirm the association between mothers' working hours and the number of risk factors for MetS.
Results: Abdominal obesity in children was higher when the mothers' working hours were 53 hours or more (odds ratio [OR], 2.267; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.21-4.25). In the trend analysis, the OR of children's abdominal obesity increased significantly as mothers' working hours increased (P-value <0.05). Additionally, sex-stratified analysis revealed a significant trend between maternal work hours and the presence of MetS in female children (P=0.016). The adjusted OR of the presence of MetS in female children with mothers working 53 hours or more weekly was 6.065 (95% CI, 1.954-18.822).
Conclusion: Mothers' working hours were highly correlated with the risk of abdominal obesity in their children. The OR of the presence of MetS significantly increased in female children with mothers having longer working hours compared with those with stay-at-home mothers.
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Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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