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Review Minerva Pediatr. 2015 Feb;67(1):25-32. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Obesity and cardiovascular disease

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E Jokinen

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PMID: 25387321

Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of mortality in rich countries and today it has the
same meaning for health care as the epidemics of past centuries had for medicine in earlier times:
50% of the population in these countries die of cardiovascular disease. The amount of cardiovascular
disease is also increasing in the developing countries together with economic growth. By 2015 one in
three deaths will globally be due to cardiovascular diseases. Coronary heart disease is a chronic
disease that starts in childhood, even if the symptoms first occur in the middle age. The risks for
coronary heart disease are well-known: lipid disorders, especially high serum LDL-cholesterol
concentration, high blood pressure, tobacco smoking, obesity, diabetes, male gender and physical
inactivity. Obesity is both an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease but is also closely
connected with several other risk factors. This review focuses on the connection between overweight
or obesity and cardiovascular disease.

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