Characteristics of Young Men with Clustering Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 565-571

  Raitakari, Olli T ^a   Porkka, Kimmo V K ^b   Taimela, Simo ^c   Räsänen, Leena ^b   Viikari, Jorma S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Res Inst Sports E   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542469475     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1997)9:5<565::AID-AJHB4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Ahrens EHJ, Hirsch J, Insull WJ, Tsaltas TT, Blomstrand R, Peterson ML (1957) The influence of dietary fats on serum-lipid levels in man. Lancet 1:943-953.
2. Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Pesonen E, Dahl M, Kaprio EA, Nuutinen EM, Pietikäinen M, Salo MK, Aromaa A, Kannas L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kuusela V, Räsänen L, Rönnemaa T, Knip M, Telama R, Välimäki I, Pyörälä K, Viikari J (1991) Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns. Ann. Med. 23:35-39.
3. Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Räsänen L, Byckling T, Louhivuori K, Pesonen E, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M, Lähde P-L, Dahl M, Aromaa A, Sarna S, Pyörälä K (1985) Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. I. General description of the cross-sectional study of 1980, and an account of the children's and families' state of health. Acta Paediatr. Scand., Suppl. 318:49-63.
4. Berenson GS (1986) Causation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children. New York: Raven Press.
5. Dahlström S. Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Solakivi-Jaakkola T, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde PL, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P, Louhivuori K (1985) Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. II. Height, weight, body mass index and skinfolds, and their correlation to metabolic variables. Acta Paediatr. Scand., Suppl. 318:65-78.
6. Donahue RP, Abbott RD, Bloom E, Reed DM, Yano K (1987) Central obesity and coronary heart disease in men. Lancet 1:821-824.
7. 2+/ dextran sulphate in its enzymatic measurement. Clin. Chem. 24:931-937.
8. Frerichs RR, Webber LS, Voors AW, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS (1979) Cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in children at two successive years-The Bogalusa Heart Study. J. Chron. Dis. 32:251-262.
9. Friedewald WT, Levy R, Fredrickson DS (1972) Estimation of the concentration of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in plasma without use of the preparative ultracentrifuge. Clin. Chem. 18:499-502.
10. Gordon T, Castelli WP, Hjortland MC, Kannel WB, Dawber TR (1977) High density lipoprotein as a protective factor against coronary heart disease. The Framingham Study. Am. J. Med. 62:707-714.
11. Keys A, Anderson JT, Grande F (1957) Prediction of serum cholesterol responses of man to changes in fats in the diet. Lancet 1:959-966.
12. Keys A, Anderson JT, Grande F (1965) Serum cholesterol response to changes in diet: IV. Particular saturated fatty acids in the diet. Metabolism 14:776-787.
13. Kikuchi DA, Srinivasan SR, Harsha DW, Webber LS, Sellers TA, Berenson GS (1992) Relation of serum lipoprotein lipids and apolipoproteins to obesity in children: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Prev. Med. 21:177-190.
14. Klag MJ, Ford DE, Mead LA, He J, Whelton PK, Liang KY, Levine DM (1993) Serum cholesterol in young men and subsequent cardiovascular disease. N. Engl. J. Med. 328:313-318.
15. Martin MJ, Hulley SB, Browner WS, Kuller LH, Wentworth D (1986) Serum cholesterol, blood pressure and mortality: implications from a cohort of 361,662 men. Lancet 2:933-936.
16. Newman WP, Freedman DS, Voors AW, Gard PD, Srinivasan SR, Cresanta JL, Williamson GD, Webber LS, Berenson GS (1986) Relation of serum lipoprotein levels and systolic blood pressure to early atherosclerosis. The Bogalusa Heart Study. N. Engl. J. Med. 314:138-144.
17. PDAY (1990) Relationship of atherosclerosis in young men to serum lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and smoking. A preliminary report from the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) Research Group. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 264: 3018-3024.
18. Porkka KVK, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK (1991) Tracking of serum HDL-cholesterol and other lipids in childhood and adolescents. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Prev. Med. 20:713-724.
19. Räsänen L, Laitinen S, Stirkkinen R, Kimppa S, Viikari J, Uhari M, Pesonen E, Salo M, Åkerblom HK (1991) Composition of the diet of young Finns in 1986. Ann. Med. 23:73-80.
20. Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Rönnemaa T, Knip M, Uhari M, Viikari JSA (1995) The role of insulin in clustering of serum lipids and blood pressure in children and adolescents: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Diabetologia 38:1024-1050.
21. Reaven GM (1988) Role of insulin resistance in human disease. Diabetes 37:1595-1607.
22. Rose G (1981) Strategy of prevention: lessons from cardiovascular disease. Br. Med. J. 282:1847-1851.
23. SAS Institute Inc. (1988) SAS Procedures Guide. Release 6.03. SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC.
24. Stamler J, Wentworth D, Neaton JD (1986) Is relationship between serum cholesterol and risk of premature death from coronary heart disease continuous and graded? J. Am. Med. Assoc. 256:2823-2828.
25. Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T, Seppänen A, Uhari M, Pesonen E, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P (1985) Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. IV. Serum lipids in newborns, children, and adolescents. Acta Paediatr. Scand., Suppl. 318:103-109.
26. Viikari J, Rönnemaa T, Seppänen A, Marniemi J, Porkka K, Räsänen L, Uhari M, Salo MK, Kaprio EA, Nuutinen EM, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Dahl M, Åkerblom HK (1991) Serum lipids and lipoproteins in children, adolescents and young adults in 1980-1986. Ann. Med. 23:53-59.
27. Webber LS, Cresanta JL, Voors AW, Berenson GS (1983) Tracking of cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in school-age children. J. Chron. Dis. 36:647-660.
28. Wilson PWF, Castelli WP, Kannel WB (1987) Coronary Risk Prediction in Adults (The Framingham Heart Study). Am. J. Cardiol. 59:91G-94G.