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I Plaza

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[The Fuenlabrada's study: tobacco as cardiovascular risk factor in children and adolescents].

Smoking habits were studied in 1,274 healthy adolescents of both sexes, aged 10 to 18 years, of Fuenlabrada, Madrid. It was known by personal interview. 30% of the population were smokers. Smoking habits increased with age up to 18 years when 63% of males and 53% of females were smokers. Smoking prevalence was significantly higher among males than in females. Males and females smokers had significantly lower levels of C-HDL and higher levels of C-LDL/C-HDL ratio than non smokers. No differences were observed for anthropometric variables, body mass index, blood pressure, skin-fold thickness, total cholesterol, glucemia and uric acid. The implications of these findings are of concern in light of the apparently protective role of C-HDL in coronary heart disease. These findings provide valuable information to the promotion of antismoking campaigns in adolescent age.

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[The Fuenlabrada study: lipids and lipoproteins in children and adolescents].

Lipids and lipoproteins were studied in 2,153 healthy children, of both sexes, aged 0 to 18 years old, of Fuenlabrada, Madrid, population. We determined: Total Cholesterol (TC) and Triglycerides (TG) by automatized enzymatic techniques. C-HDL by precipitation method. C-LDL and C-VLDL were calculated by Friedewald-Fredrickson equation. Our laboratory have previously standardized the techniques of obtention of TC, TG and C-HDL using serums of reference. Mean values were: TC = 166 +/- 36 mg/dl, TG = 63 +/- 39 mg/dl, C-HDL = 53 +/- 13 mg/dl, C-LDL = 102 +/- 34 mg/dl, C-VLDL = 13 +/- 6 mg/dl. In our population 14% had TC greater than or equal to 200 mg/dl, 2.6% TG greater than or equal to 140 mg/dl and 15% C-HDL less than or equal to 40 mg/dl. During adolescence a significant change in the lipid and lipoprotein pattern in both sexes was observed. At the end of the adolescence, males had C-HDL lower and TG, C-LDL and C-VLDL higher than females. Correlations and associations of lipids and lipoproteins were similar in our population than in adult population. The mean finding of this study is the actual high level of TC in our children population.

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