Title
High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Peruvian adolescents living in a peri-urban shantytown: a cross-sectional study
Date Issued
22 May 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Washington
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adults of the peri-urban Peruvian shantytown of Lomas de Zapallal have a high prevalence of risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD)-likely due to behavioral choices established during childhood and adolescence. To guide the development of community-based risk reduction programs, we assessed the prevalence of risk factors for developing CVD among adolescents.
Start page
19
Volume
36
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85044689967
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
ISSN of the container
2072-1315
Sponsor(s)
This project was funded by a Fogarty Global Health/NIH Research Training grant no. R25 TW009345. The funding body played no role in study design, analysis, or manuscript preparation.
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