title: Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk in Ontario adolescents.
abstract: We assessed traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 3293 Canadian adolescents (age: 14.1 (SD 0.6) years; body mass index (BMI): 23.0 (SD 6.3)). Prevalence for obesity, borderline hypertension and hyperlipaemia was 23.7% (95% CI 1.5%), 9.1% (95% CI 1.0%) and 9.7% (95% CI 1.0%), respectively, with increased estimates in children with low cardiorespiratory fitness (p<0.05). Participants demonstrated increased CVD risk, highlighting the necessity of placing adolescents in the forefront of preventive CVD programs.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. aflouris@dal.ca
authors.forename: Andreas D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Flouris
authors.forename: Corey H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Canham
authors.forename: Brent E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Faught
authors.forename: Panagiota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klentrou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors