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Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children

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Hypertension is one of several major risk factors for the future development of atherosclerosis and atherosclerosis-related morbidity. The additional major risk factors that precede myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and abdominal aortic aneurysm include dyslipidemia (elevated LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, and elevated triglycerides), tobacco use, and diabetes mellitus (1). Age, gender (female gender is protective), and genetic endowment are non-modifiable risk factors. Physical inactivity, obesity, family history, adverse nutrition, and low socioeconomic status function both as independent risk factors and are intimately related to the development of cardiovascular risk in adults (Table 1).

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Gidding, S.S. (2011). Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children. In: Flynn, J., Ingelfinger, J., Portman, R. (eds) Pediatric Hypertension. Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-824-9_12

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