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In the longitudinal Young Finns study, cardiovascular risk factors were first assessed in 1980 in 3,596 children aged 3–18 years. The latest follow-up examinations were performed in 2001 and 2007, when risk factors and early markers of atherosclerosis in carotid and brachial arteries were examined among 2,653 subjects from the original cohorts, now aged 24–45 years. The results show that an individual’s...
This review provides an up-to-date summary of findings from two ongoing population-based, prospective studies conducted in Finland: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, and the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP), which have contributed significantly to the scientific literature concerning the childhood origin of cardiovascular disease, and whether prevention efforts...
Aims/hypothesis We evaluated how well the diet of Norwegian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes fulfils the Nordic and European dietary recommendations, focusing on parameters affecting prevention of atherosclerosis. We also compared the diet of this patient group with that of healthy same-age control subjects. Materials and methods A total of 177 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes...
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