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Associations of mental health with cardiovascular risk phenotypes and adiposity in adolescence: A cross-sectional community-based study.
Journal of paediatrics and child health - 1 Jun 2018
Lycett Kate, McNamara Clare, Mensah Fiona K, Burgner David, Kerr Jessica A, Muller Josh, Wake Melissa
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AIM: Cardiovascular disease and mental illness commonly co-occur in later life, but it is unknown how early these associations arise. We aimed to determine the extent to which: (i) childhood mental health is associated with functional and structural cardiovascular risk phenotypes and adiposity in late childhood/adolescence, and (ii) associations between mental health and cardiovascular phenotypes may be explained...
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