Familial cardiovascular risk factors: diagnosis and management in the young.
Risk factors for the development and progression of coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, and cerebrovascular diseases are found in more than 10 per cent of children and adolescents in the United States. This article presents the criteria for the diagnosis of three of these risk conditions--dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity--and it reviews principles and specifics of their management in young people.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000235:genetics; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007223:Infant; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000235:genetics; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics
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