Adolescent Health

Bad Habits, Non-Cholesterol Risk Factors In Youth Linked To Fatty Plaques

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 1st, 2001

A new study links "non-lipid" risk factors - obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes - to the development of early atherosclerosis in youth with recommended cholesterol levels, according to a report in the March 20, 2001, issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers in the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) study examined autopsies of 856 males and females aged 15-34 with normal cholesterol levels. All had died in accidents, homicides, or suicides. Those who had risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, or obesity already had fatty streaks and artery-clogging plaques in the...

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