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【medical-news】美国研究显示儿童出现动脉硬化迹
Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:30pm ET
By Kim Dixon
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children with risk factors for heart disease, including high cholesterol and diabetes, are showing signs of narrowing and hardening of the arteries, conditions normally associated with adults, a study said on Sunday.
An increasing number of children suffer from these and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including obesity, but testing for future heart conditions is not standard practice, according to a report presented at the annual American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
Testing should include regular blood lipid and glucose level testing, said the report's lead author, Sanaz Piran, a resident at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Earlier treatment could include more aggressive use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, she said.
"Atherosclerosis begins in childhood," Piran said. "We need to do this primary prevention early on to decrease cardiovascular events later in life."
Researchers found that children at risk already show signs of heart disease, including arterial wall thickness and decreased flexibility of blood vessels.
Statins, the best-selling class of drugs in adults, include Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, Merck & Co's Mevacor and AstraZeneca Plc's Crestor.
The study culled data from studies that included 3,630 children, comparing the healthy versus those with cardiovascular risk factors.
In 12 of 15 studies examined, children with risk factors were more likely to have increased thickness in the arterial walls, which could lead to heart attacks in adulthood, the report said.
The percentage of overweight young people in the United States has roughly tripled since 1980 to about 18 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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研究显示儿童出现早期动脉硬化迹象
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children with risk factors for heart disease, including high cholesterol and diabetes, are showing signs of narrowing and hardening of the arteries, conditions normally associated with adults, a study said on Sunday.
芝加哥路透社报道 美国周日发表的一项研究称，一些具有心脏病高危因素（包括高胆固醇及糖尿病）的儿童出现动脉狭窄及硬化迹象，而这通常在成人才会发生。
An increasing number of children suffer from these and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including obesity, but testing for future heart conditions is not standard practice 编译
研究显示高危儿童出现早期动脉硬化迹象
芝加哥路透社报道 上周日在芝加哥美国心脏学会年会上发表的一项报告中，研究人员称，一些具有心脏病高危因素（包括高胆固醇及糖尿病）的儿童已经出现动脉狭窄及硬化迹象，而这通常在成人才会发生。
加拿大安大略McMaster大学的研究组收集了3630名儿童的研究资料，把健康儿童与具有心血管疾病危险因素的儿童做了对比。他们回顾了15项研究，其中12项表明，高危儿童已经出现一些心脏病迹象，包括动脉管壁增厚及血管弹性降低。
报告的作者，住院医Sanaz Piran称，对高危儿童应当常规检查血脂及血糖水平，并早期应用强有力的他汀类降血脂药治疗，以降低将来他们发生心血管疾病的几率。 standard practice：标准实用规程？ standard practice：常规检查 多谢sxl1977。已修改。
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