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International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:1127-1129
© International Epidemiological Association 2002

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Commentary: Using research evidence to promote cardiovascular health in children

CM Law

University of Southampton, MRC EEU, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.

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The presence of atherosclerotic lesions in the coronary arteries of young soldiers killed in the Korean War was greeted with some surprise.1 Surely, the age of onset of clinically apparent disease, and the emerging findings of epidemiological studies such as Framingham2 pointed to middle age as the time when coronary heart disease (CHD) was determined and therefore could be prevented. In his review,3 Beaglehole sets out the arguments for the pre-eminence of the traditional adult risk factors for CHD—high serum cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking. Studies of men and women from middle age onwards show that these risk factors are . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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