Article
Short-term intra-individual variation and long-term tracking of serum lipid levels in children: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 1994
Porkka K V, Viikari J S, Akerblom H K
Abstract excerpt
We have studied the short-term intra-individual variation and long-term tracking until early adulthood of serum total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglyceride levels in 9-year-old Finnish boys. The study was based on two different cohorts; one to study short-term tracking and another to study long-term tracking. The short-term tracking...
Topics
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Child
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Cohort Studies
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Finland
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Variation
- Humans