title: [Epidemiological studies of arteriosclerosis precursors among 10- to 15-year-old schoolchildren].
abstract: Epidemiological study of atherosclerosis precursors in schoolchildren whose ages ranged from 10 to 15 was undertaken in 1977; 2 296 schoolchildren have been screened. The follow-up groups were formed according to the following factors: high arterial blood pressure, overweight and obesity, low physical activity, smoking. Analysis of the data showed the distribution of the precursors of atherosclerosis to be as follows: 47.4% of boys and 42.2% of girls had no precursors: 34.3% of boys and 42.2% of girls had one precursor; 14.1% of boys and 13.8% of girls had two precursors, and 4.2% of boys and 4.9% of girls had three precursors. To lower the incidence of the precursors of atherosclerosis special attention should be paid to the children with such precursors.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008097:Lithuania; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012907:Smoking; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Epidemiologicheskie issledovaniia nekotorykh predvestnikov ateroskleroza sredi skhol'nikov 10-15 let.