Archives of Disease in Childhood 2007;92:521-523
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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk in Ontario adolescents
1 Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2 Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Correspondence to:
Andreas D Flouris
Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, 6230 South Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5; aflouris{at}dal.ca
We assessed traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 3293 Canadian adolescents (age: 14.1 (SD 0.6) years; body mass index (BMI): 23.0 (SD 6.3)). Prevalence for obesity, borderline hypertension and hyperlipaemia was 23.7% (95% CI 1.5%), 9.1% (95% CI 1.0%) and 9.7% (95% CI 1.0%), respectively, with increased estimates in children with low cardiorespiratory fitness (p<0.05). Participants demonstrated increased CVD risk, highlighting the necessity of placing adolescents in the forefront of preventive CVD programs.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease
Keywords: body fat; physical activity; blood pressure; cholesterol; clinical obesity
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Arch. Dis. Child. 2007 92: e6.
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