Anthropometric risk factors of atherosclerosis: differences between urban and rural east-Slovakian children and adolescents.

Objective: To describe selected risk factors of atherosclerosis in probands from East Slovakia, namely their regional (urban/rural), gender-related (male/female) and age (children/adolescents) differences.

Background: The development of cardiovascular disease at a young age is influenced by anthropometric risk factors (obesity and hypertension).

Participants: The study population consisted of 191 children and adolescents (97 males and 94 females) aged 7-18 from East Slovakia region (114 urban and 77 rural participants).