Awareness of hypertension and dyslipidemia in a semirural population of young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study.

Background: To assess the awareness of hypertension and dyslipidemia in a semirural population of young adults.

Methods: A cohort of 5,707 individuals was surveyed by a questionnaire. The awareness analysis was done on 1,454 subjects screened for cardiovascular risk factors 5 years earlier.

Relation of self-rated measures of physical activity to multiple risk factors of insulin resistance syndrome in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study.

The relation of self-rated measures of physical activity to multiple risk factors of insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) was examined in African American (n = 409) and white (n = 1,011) young adults aged 20 to 38 years enrolled in the Bogalusa Heart Study. Physical activity was assessed in terms of work activity, leisure-time activity, television watching, and video game playing by a questionnaire. Waist circumference, blood pressure, total to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, and insulin resistance index showed a consistent inverse trend with leisure-time activity (P < 0.

Persistent hypercholesterolemia is associated with the development of obesity among girls: the Bogalusa Heart Study.

Background: Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Cross-sectional data suggest that hypercholesterolemia is associated with the development of childhood obesity.

Objective: The objective was to assess age-related changes in relative weight and the association between relative weight and CVD risk factors in hypercholesterolemic and nonhypercholesterolemic children who were nonobese at baseline.

Brachial artery distensibility and relation to cardiovascular risk factors in healthy young adults (The Bogalusa Heart Study).

Arterial distensibility decreases with age and atherosclerosis leading to increased pulse pressure (PP) and increased left ventricular work, resulting in left ventricular hypertrophy, a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity. Brachial artery pulse curve data were collected using the DynaPulse 2000A. Distensibility measured in 920 healthy young adults (40% men, 70% white, age range 18 to 38 years) was compared with levels of cardiovascular risk factors.

Age at acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection: a follow-up study from infancy to adulthood.

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is common worldwide, but the time of acquisition is unclear. We investigated this issue in a cohort of children selected retrospectively from a population followed up for 21 years.

Methods: We monitored 224 children (99 black, 125 white; 110 male, 114 female) from 1975-76 (ages 1-3 years) to 1995-96.