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