Impact of having One Cardiovascular Risk Factor on Other Cardiovascular Risk Factor Levels in Adolescents
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Impact of having one cardiovascular risk factor on other cardiovascular risk factor levels in adolescents.
AIM Little is known about the impact of having one cardiovascular (CV) risk factor on the levels of other CV risk factors in the general adolescent population. We hypothesized that when adolescents have one CV risk factor, the levels of other CV risk factors worsen simultaneously. METHODS Subjects consisted of 1,257 healthy adolescent volunteers (549 males and 708 females) aged 15-18 years. A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1880-3873,1340-3478
DOI: 10.5551/jat.5264