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Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events

David R. Jacobs, Jessica G. Woo, Alan R. Sinaiko, Stephen R. Daniels, Johanna Ikonen, Markus Juonala, Noora Kartiosuo, Terho Lehtimäki, Costan G. Magnussen, Jorma S.A. Viikari, …
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.386(20), pp.1877-1888
05/19/2022
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2109191
PMCID: PMC9563825
PMID: 35373933
url
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2109191View
Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

In this study, childhood cardiovascular risk factors including BMI, systolic blood pressure, lipid levels, and smoking were correlated with cardiovascular events in adulthood after a mean follow-up of 35 years. Childhood risk factors and the change in risk score between childhood and adulthood were associated with midlife cardiovascular events.
Cardiology Clinical Medicine Pediatrics Public Health Clinical Medicine General Pediatrics General Prevention Public Health General

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