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Cardiovascular disease risk factor clustering in children and adolescents: a prospective cohort study.

Young-Gyun SeoMin-Kyu ChoiJae-Heon KangHye-Ja LeeHan Byul JangSang Ick ParkYoung Soo JuKyung Hee Park
Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2018)
Obesity in childhood, short sleep duration and parental factors such as low socioeconomic status and parental history of CVD are significant risk factors for the development of CVD-RFC in adolescents. Efforts to create awareness regarding sufficient sleep duration in children via intervention programmes targeting cardiometabolic health in children and special attention to lifestyle modifications and socioeconomic components of the family should be considered.
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