Five childhood risk factors predict heart attacks, strokes in adulthood: Study - Hindustan Times

Researchers found body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides (a type of fat found in the blood), and youth smoking, particularly in combination in early childhood, were clinically linked to cardiovascular events, from as early as 40 yea…

Research has identified five childhood risk factors that can predict stroke and heart attacks in adulthood after being tracked for up to half a century in the world's largest international prospectiv… [+2664 chars]

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