Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events

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Authors

David R. Jacobs · University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Jessica G. Woo · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Alan R. Sinaiko · University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Stephen R. Daniels · Children's Hospital Colorado

Johanna Ikonen · University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Markus Juonala · University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Noora Kartiosuo

Abstract

In this prospective cohort study, childhood risk factors and the change in the combined-risk z score between childhood and adulthood were associated with cardiovascular events in midlife. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health.).

Topics & Keywords

Birth, Development, and Health Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 386, Issue 20, pp. 1877-1888

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2109191

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