Journal article
Lifetime measures of ideal cardiovascular health and their association with subclinical atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
TT Laitinen, K Pahkala, CG Magnussen, M Oikonen, JSA Viikari, MA Sabin, SR Daniels, OJ Heinonen, L Taittonen, O Hartiala, V Mikkilä, N Hutri-Kähönen, M Kähönen, OT Raitakari, M Juonala
International Journal of Cardiology | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background The American Heart Association recently defined 7 ideal health behaviors and factors that can be used to monitor ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) over time. These relate to smoking, physical activity, diet, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, blood glucose and total cholesterol. Associations between repeated measures of ICH across the life-course with outcomes of subclinical atherosclerosis in adult life have not been reported. Methods and results The sample comprised 1465 children and young adults aged 12 to 24 years (mean age 17.5 years) from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study cohort. Participants were followed-up for 21 years since baseline (1986) and had complete..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study was financially supported by the Academy of Finland (grants 121584, 126925, 124282, 129378), the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, the Turku University Foundation, Special Federal Grants for University Hospitals, the Juho Vainio Foundation, Paavo Nurmi Foundation, Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Maud Kuistila Foundation, Paulo Foundation, the Finnish Medical Foundation, the Finnish Foundation of Cardiovascular Research, Orion-Farmos Research Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation. C.G.M. is supported through a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (APP1037559). M.A.S. holds a National health and Medical Research Council Postdoctoral Training Fellowship (APP1012201).