[Risk factors in juveniles. Indications of cardiovascular risk in higher-grade school children of Cologne].
During the last years several studies on the cardiovascular risk-profile of children and adolescents have been started. About 6000 pupils between 15 and 19 years of age have been examined in a cross-sectional investigation in Cologne 1975. One third of them underwent a reexamination in 1976 (80% of the eligible population). The results of the 1975-survey indicate that between 5 and 15% of these adolescents show the following risk-factors in varying combinations: systolic blood pressure above 140 mmHg, cholesterol above 225 mg/100 ml, uric acid above 7 mg/100 ml, smoking of more than 20 cigarettes per day, Broca-weight-index of more than 1,0. The gross partial correlation factors indicate a relatively close association between systolic blood pressure, cholesterol and weight. Some of the risk-factors in adolescents can probably be traced throughout longer periods, thus systolic blood pressure was measured repeatedly in high categories for the same individuals (with a predicitve value of about 50%). The Cologne-study is to be continued for high risk-groups as a long-time-follow-up study.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011336:Probability; D011674:Pulse; D012306:Risk; D012572:School Health Services; D012907:Smoking; D013334:Students; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol
Risikofaktoren bei Jugendlichen. Indikatoren des kardiovaskulären Risikos bei Schülern der Oberstufe in Köln