Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adolescents with Family History of Hypertension
- VernacularTitle:有高血压家族史血压正常的青少年心血管危险因素分析
- Author:
Bo-Wei LIU
;
Fu-Zai YIN
;
Chun-Ming MA
;
Qiang LU
;
Dong-Hui LOU
;
Rui WANG
;
Gai-Ling HUANG
;
Guang-Fei WU
;
Yi SHEN
;
Chunmei QIN
;
Bo LIU
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hypertension family history;
First degree relative;
Adolescent;
Risk factors cardiovascular disease
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hypertension
2007;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in adolescents with a family history of hypertension.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 3874 adolescents ages 13-18 years,with normal BP in 3724 people.Based on family history of hypertension (FH),the cohort of adolescents were dichoto- mized as postive family history (FH~+,n=1145) and negative (FH~-,n=2579).Height,weight,waist circum- ference,hip circumference,blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose(FPG),total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride (TG) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) were determined.Results FH~+ adolescents had signifi- cantly higher levels of body mass index(BMI),waist circumference,WHR,FPG,TC and LDL-C(P