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A Coronary Risk‐Factor Profile of 4 Year Olds
Author(s) -
BOULTON T. J. C.,
JOHNSTON OLIVE
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1978.tb02999.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , risk factor , obesity , cardiology , diastole , lipid profile , cholesterol
A coronary risk‐factor profile of 4 year olds. II. Inter‐relationships, clustering, and tracking of blood pressure, serum lipoproteins, and skinfold thickness. A study of coronary risk factor detection on 486 preschool children is reported. Risk‐factors at this age are described as deviations from the observed normal range for blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and fatness, to a degree that would be unequivocally associated with an increased coronary risk in an adult. Children were identified with an increased risk from either hypercholesterolaemia (n = 22), or an elevated diastolic blood pressure (n = 9). Clustering of risk factors was detected in 2.1% of girls, and 0.8% of boys. Tracking was recorded for both diastolic blood pressure and fatness. The blood pressure was positively correlated with weight, height, and obesity, but not with serum lipoproteins.