date:Jul 27, 2012
ompared to 0.5 percent of children in the U.S. The study also found great disparity with respect to inflammation, a key cardiovascular risk factor; 12.1 percent of Chinese adolescents showed a high inflammation risk, compared to 8.5 percent of adolescents in the U.S.
The number of individuals with high levels of at least one cardiovascular risk factor increased to 85 percent in individuals age 40 and older, said Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D., professor of nutrition in UNCs Gillings School of Global