Cardiovascular Risk Investigation: When Should It Start?

Rodrigues, Anabel Nunes; Abreu, Gláucia Rodrigues de; Gouvêa, Sônia Alves

doi:10.5772/31479

Cardiovascular Risk Factors 2012

DOI: 10.5772/31479

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Cardiovascular Risk Investigation: When Should It Start?

Anabel Nunes Rodrigues¹,

Gláucia Rodrigues de Abreu²,

Sônia Alves Gouvêa³

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Cardiovascular risk factor investigation: a pediatric issue

Rodrigues¹,

Abreu²,

Resende³

et al. 2013

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ObjectivesTo correlate cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperglycemia, sedentariness) in childhood and adolescence with the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.SourcesA systematic review of books and selected articles from PubMed, SciELO and Cochrane from 1992 to 2012.Summary of findingsRisk 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.ConclusionsStudies 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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Cardiovascular risk factor investigation: a pediatric issue

Rodrigues¹,

Abreu²,

Resende³

et al. 2013

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Cardiovascular Risk Investigation: When Should It Start?

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