Anthropometric features as predictors of atherogenic dyslipidemia and cardiovascular risk in a large population of school-aged children

Background Autopsy studies reveal that atherosclerosis lesions can be found as early as two years of age. To slow the development of this early pathology, obesity and dyslipidemia prevention should start from childhood making it urgent to explore new ways to evaluate dyslipidemia risk in children that can be applied widely, such as the non-invasive anthropometric evaluation. Objective Assess the metabolic profile of a pediatric population at a...