title: [Prevention during adolescence: cardiovascular risk profile in juveniles of Cologne].
abstract: 6302 adolescents were examined in 1975 for a cardiovascular risk profile ("Cologne Study"). Defined subpopulations could be followed-up prospectively in 1976 and 1980 (participation rates: 76.2%, 81.4%, 66.5%). Both sexes showed a correlation of cigarette smoking and intake of alcoholic beverages. Girls taking contraceptive smoked, drank more and their total cholesterol was significantly higher, and HDL-cholesterol significantly lower as compared to girls without hormonal contraception. A quarter to a third of the total variance for blood pressure, heart rate, total cholesterol, cigarette smoking and body-mass-index can be explained by measurements one resp. four or five years ago. Elevated values in the highest quintile show a clear tendency towards stability of risk status. Considering multifactorial constellations by cluster analysis, three groups with low, medium, and high risk status can be distinguished: 48% of all adolescents maintain their category over 5 years. For children with long-term and manifest elevation of blood pressure a more detailed determination of the risk status is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Prävention im Wachstumsalter: Das kardiovaskuläre Risikoprofil bei Jugendlichen in Köln.