[Epidemiological studies of arteriosclerosis precursors among 10- to 15-year-old schoolchildren].

Epidemiological study of atherosclerosis precursors in schoolchildren whose ages ranged from 10 to 15 was undertaken in 1977; 2 296 schoolchildren have been screened. The follow-up groups were formed according to the following factors: high arterial blood pressure, overweight and obesity, low physical activity, smoking. Analysis of the data showed the distribution of the precursors of atherosclerosis to be as follows: 47.4% of boys and 42.2% of girls had no precursors: 34.3% of boys and 42.2% of girls had one precursor; 14.1% of boys and 13.8% of girls had two precursors, and 4.2% of boys and 4.9% of girls had three precursors. To lower the incidence of the precursors of atherosclerosis special attention should be paid to the children with such precursors.