Feasibility of ideal cardiovascular health evaluation in a pediatric clinic setting.

2018

Allen Knehans
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Te feasibility of point-of-care screening for ideal cardiovascular health was explored in a pediatric specialty clinic setting. Children and adolescents aged 918 years (n=91) with treated and stabilized diseases were recruited at a pediatric endocrinology clinic. A table-top device was used to assay fngerstick samples for non-HDL cholesterol (non-HDL-C), which was used to divide participants into two groups based on the non-HDL-C threshold for comparison of the remaining metrics between groups. A signifcant number of children had low scores, and score frequency distribution was similar to larger retrospective studies, with few participants achieving none or all of the health metrics. Healthy diet was the metric least often achieved. Tose with a non-HDL-C above the ideal threshold of 3.1 mmol/L (120 mg/dl) had a higher BMI percentile (p<0.01) and diastolic blood pressure percentile(p<0.05). We conclude that pediatric risk factor screening and scoring can be performed in a specialty c

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