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Significance of CVD Risk Factors in Childhood and Adulthood

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A longitudinal cohort study suggested that childhood risk factors contributed both directly and indirectly to adult cardiovascular disease (CVD), and that intervening in the risk factors in childhood should be emphasized to reduce the risk of CVD later in life, especially body mass index (BMI) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). […]

Sex-Specific Changes of CVD Risk Factors from Childhood to Young Adulthood

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A prospective UK birth cohort study demonstrate that marked changes in levels of risk factors and novel predictive biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) occur from childhood to early adulthood. The data were from 7065 to 7626 offspring of a birth cohort study with repeat assessments of 148 molecular cardiometabolic traits […]