Are poor living conditions in childhood and adolescence an important risk factor for arteriosclerotic heart disease?

The mortality rate of atherosclerotic heart disease varies widely among Norwegian counties. These changes can not be explained by the difference in the current standard of living. This difference exists in the past, infant mortality rate varies greatly. There was a significant positive correlation between the age-adjusted mortality rate of atherosclerotic heart disease in the population aged 40 to 69 years and the infant mortality rate in the same cohort related to the initial age. The results of the study show that enormous poverty in childhood and adolescence is prosperous and is a risk factor for arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The bad health condition of a child is a risk factor of living in adulthood, it is a lifetime adverse effect. Early in childhood, family poverty has increased the risk of long-term adverse outcomes such as heart disease, dental health problems, antisocial behavior (Boden, Fergusson, & Horwood, 2010) and adult drug abuse ( Poulton, R. et al., 2002). Nga taitamariki The health and well-being of adolescents is influenced by healthy families and communities that can provide opportunities for young people to contribute and develop, and wider structural factors such as poverty and unemployment. These factors affect the success of youths' meaningful employment, further development and education, and the transformation to long-term relationships and the ability to build families (Staff et al., 2010).

Age is the most important risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease or heart disease, the risk of life is about three times every 10 years. Coronary fat stripes can begin to form during puberty. It is estimated that 82% of people dying of coronary heart disease are over 65 years of age. At the same time, the risk of stroke doubles every 10 years after age 55. Several explanations are presented to explain why age increases the risk of cardiovascular / heart disease. One of them is related to serum cholesterol levels. For most people, the serum total cholesterol level increases with age. In men this increase is about 45 to 50 years old. In women, this growth lasts from 60 to 65 years of age.

Some health conditions, your lifestyle, your age and family history may increase your risk of heart disease. These are called risk factors. About half of Americans (47%) have at least one of the three major risk factors for heart disease: hypertension, high cholesterol and smoking.