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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.
- BMI, body mass index
- CVD, cardiovascular disease
- body fat
- physical activity
- blood pressure
- cholesterol
- clinical obesity
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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.