[A prevalence study on risk factors of cardiovascular disease during childhood]

A small size of sample for risk factors of cardiovascular disease, such as blood pressure, plasma lipids profile, obesity, dietary status, and family history of cardiovascular disease, etc. were studied in children aged eight to eleven years. Results showed that prevalence of hypertension, systolic blood pressure > 16.0 kPa (120 mmHg) or/and diastolic blood pressure > 10.7 kPa (80 mmHg), in them was 7.2 percent, blood lipid level in 21.9 percent of the children exceeded the recommended criteria of dietary intervention, and prevalence of simple obesity was 11.7 percent. The most prominent problem in dietary status was high cholesterol intake, with a daily intake of 483.4 mg in average, and 72 percent of the children exceeded 300 mg daily, as compared with previous data, and they exposure to higher level of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It suggests that it is necessary to strengthen surveillance for risk factors of cardiovascular disease and intervention.