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Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children

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Atherosclerosis, the major cause of acquired cardiovascular disease, has its origins in childhood. The development of early atherosclerosis is directly related to the major cardiovascular risk factors: hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco use, diabetes, obesity, and physical inactivity. The presence of risk factors in childhood is associated with measures of subclinical atherosclerosis later in life, and risk factors assessed in children are highly likely to persist into adulthood. Thresholds for optimal levels of cardiovascular risk factors in childhood have been developed, and evidence-based strategies for the management of cardiovascular risk in childhood have been recently published.

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Gidding, S.S. (2013). Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children. In: Flynn, J., Ingelfinger, J., Portman, R. (eds) Pediatric Hypertension. Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-490-6_13

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