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Screening for cardiovascular disease risk factors beginning in childhood.
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- Influence of Work on Elevated Blood Pressure in Hispanic Adolescents in South Texas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Association between serum S100A1 level and Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events score in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Observational
- Cardiovascular risk among hypertensive adolescents and the potential benefit of a screen-and-treat strategy.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2016Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide. Individual detection and intervention on CVD risk factors and behaviors throughout childhood and adolescence has been advocated as a strategy to reduce CVD risk in adulthood. The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has recently recommended universal screening of several risk factors in children and adolescents, at odds with several recommendations of the U.S. Services Task Force and of the U.K. National Screening committee. In the current review, we discuss the goals of screening for CVD risk factors (elevated blood pressure, abnormal blood lipids, diabetes) and behaviors (smoking) in children and appraise critically various screening recommendations. Our review suggests that there is no compelling evidence to recommend universal screening for elevated blood pressure, abnormal blood lipids, abnormal blood glucose, or smoking in children and adolescents. Targeted screening of these risk factors could be useful but specific screening strategies have to be evaluated. Research is needed to identify target populations, screening frequency, intervention, and follow-up. Meanwhile, efforts should rather focus on the primordial prevention of CVD risk factors and at maintaining a lifelong ideal cardiovascular health through environmental, policy, and educational approaches.
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