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Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2012 Apr 16;2012(1):6. doi: 10.1186/1687-9856-2012-6.

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes retained from childhood to adulthood predict adult outcomes: the Princeton LRC Follow-up Study.

International journal of pediatric endocrinology

John A Morrison, Charles J Glueck, Jessica G Woo, Ping Wang

Affiliations

  1. From the Cholesterol and Metabolism Center, Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 22507454 PMCID: PMC3466140 DOI: 10.1186/1687-9856-2012-6

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pediatric risk factors predict adult cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM), but whether they predict events independently of adult risk factors is not fully known.

OBJECTIVE: Assess whether risk factors for CVD and T2DM retained from childhood to adulthood predict CVD and T2DM in young adulthood.

STUDY DESIGN: 770 schoolchildren, ages 5-20 (mean age 12), 26-yr prospective follow-up. We categorized childhood and adult risk factors and 26-year changes (triglycerides [TG], LDL cholesterol, BMI, blood pressure [BP] and glucose ≥, and HDL cholesterol < pediatric and young adult cutoffs). These risk factors and race, cigarette smoking, and family history of CVD and T2DM were assessed as predictors of CVD and T2DM at mean age 38.

RESULTS: Children who had high TG and retained high TG as adults had increased CVD events as adults (p = .0005). Children who had normal BMI and retained normal BMI as adults had reduced CVD events as adults (p = .02). Children who had high BP or high TG and retained these as adults had increased T2DM as adults (p = .0006, p = .003).

CONCLUSIONS: Risk factors for CVD and T2DM retained from childhood to adulthood predict CVD and T2DM in young adulthood and support universal childhood screening.

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