Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk in Ontario adolescents
- 1Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2Faculty 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
- Accepted 9 January 2007
- Published Online First 18 January 2007
Abstract
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.
Footnotes
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Published Online First 17 January 2007
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This study was supported by Heart Niagara. Andreas D Flouris was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through a PGS-D3 Scholarship.
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Competing interests: None.
