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Cardiovascular risk factor investigation: a pediatric issue

OBJECTIVES: To correlate cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperglycemia, sedentariness) in childhood and adolescence with the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. SOURCES: A systematic review of books and selected articles from Pu...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Anabel N, Abreu, Glaucia R, Resende, Rogério S, Goncalves, Washington LS, Gouvea, Sonia Alves
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23515212
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S41480
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author Rodrigues, Anabel N
Abreu, Glaucia R
Resende, Rogério S
Goncalves, Washington LS
Gouvea, Sonia Alves
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description OBJECTIVES: To correlate cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperglycemia, sedentariness) in childhood and adolescence with the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. SOURCES: A systematic review of books and selected articles from PubMed, SciELO and Cochrane from 1992 to 2012. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: Risk factors for atherosclerosis are present in childhood, although cardiovascular disease arises during adulthood. This article presents the main studies that describe the importance of investigating the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in childhood and their associations. Significant rates of hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, and sedentariness occur in children and adolescents. Blood pressure needs to be measured in childhood. An increase in arterial blood pressure in young people predicts hypertension in adulthood. The death rate from cardiovascular disease is lowest in children with lower cholesterol levels and in individuals who exercise regularly. In addition, there is a high prevalence of sedentariness in children and adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Studies involving the analysis of cardiovascular risk factors should always report the prevalence of these factors and their correlations during childhood because these factors are indispensable for identifying an at-risk population. The identification of risk factors in asymptomatic children could contribute to a decrease in cardiovascular disease, preventing such diseases as hypertension, obesity, and dyslipidemia from becoming the epidemics of this century.
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spelling pubmed-35984972013-03-19 Cardiovascular risk factor investigation: a pediatric issue Rodrigues, Anabel N Abreu, Glaucia R Resende, Rogério S Goncalves, Washington LS Gouvea, Sonia Alves Int J Gen Med Review OBJECTIVES: To correlate cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperglycemia, sedentariness) in childhood and adolescence with the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. SOURCES: A systematic review of books and selected articles from PubMed, SciELO and Cochrane from 1992 to 2012. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: Risk factors for atherosclerosis are present in childhood, although cardiovascular disease arises during adulthood. This article presents the main studies that describe the importance of investigating the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in childhood and their associations. Significant rates of hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, and sedentariness occur in children and adolescents. Blood pressure needs to be measured in childhood. An increase in arterial blood pressure in young people predicts hypertension in adulthood. The death rate from cardiovascular disease is lowest in children with lower cholesterol levels and in individuals who exercise regularly. In addition, there is a high prevalence of sedentariness in children and adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Studies involving the analysis of cardiovascular risk factors should always report the prevalence of these factors and their correlations during childhood because these factors are indispensable for identifying an at-risk population. The identification of risk factors in asymptomatic children could contribute to a decrease in cardiovascular disease, preventing such diseases as hypertension, obesity, and dyslipidemia from becoming the epidemics of this century. Dove Medical Press 2013-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3598497/ /pubmed/23515212 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S41480 Text en © 2013 Rodrigues et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abreu, Glaucia R
Resende, Rogério S
Goncalves, Washington LS
Gouvea, Sonia Alves
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23515212
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S41480
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