Risk Factors in Early Life as Predictors of Adult Heart Disease: The Bogalusa Heart Study

摘要: The adult heart diseases, coronary artery disease and essential hypertension, are now clearly recognized to begin in childhood. evidence comes from autopsy studies of cardiovascular-renal changes the first two decades life. Cardiovascular risk factors can be identified children just as adults these have a high correlation with anatomic disease. This relationship underscores importance factor screening children. Of interest is that clinical tend persist within rank (track) so childhood predictive future levels. Behavior lifestyle eating, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, use oral contraceptive pills influence Familial aggregation also noted. Studies apolipoproteins, B A-I, subsets greater frequency paternal myocardial infarction. findings Bogalusa Heart Study other epidemiological show need prevention early Approaches should include families public health or population approach. education for elementary school directed general an effort encourage them adopt healthy life styles.