Childhood obesity and adulthood cardiovascular disease: quantifying the lifetime cumulative burden of cardiovascular risk factors

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Oct 14;64(15):1588-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.962.

Author

Sheldon E Litwin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25301462
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.962

No abstract available

Keywords: body mass index; cardiovascular disease; childhood obesity; hypertension; risk factors.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Adiposity / physiology*
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Female
Forecasting*
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology*
Male
Risk Assessment / methods*
Ventricular Function, Left*
Ventricular Remodeling / physiology*