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Prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health in European adolescents: The HELENA study
Henriksson, Pontus
Henriksson, Hanna
Gracia-Marco, Luis
Labayen, Idoia
Ortega, F. B.
Huybrechts, Inge
España-Romero, V.
Manios, Yannis
Widhalm, Kurt
Dallongeville, J.
González Gross, Marcela
Marcos, Ascensión
Moreno, Luis A.
Castillo, Manuel J.
Ruiz, Jonatan R.
European Commission
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Universidad de Granada
Fonds Schleswig-Holstein
Swedish Society of Medicine
Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad (España)
Risk factor
Cardiovascular disease
Public health
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular health
On HELENA study group.
[Background]: The ideal cardiovascular health (iCVH) construct consists of 4 health behaviours and 3 health factors and is strongly related to later cardiovascular disease. However, the prevalence of iCVH in European adolescents is currently unknown. [Methods]: The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study is a cross-sectional, multicentre study conducted in 9 European countries during 2006–2007 and included 3528 adolescents (1683 boys and 1845 girls) between 12.5 and 17.5 years of age. Status (ideal vs. non-ideal) for the health behaviours (smoking status, body mass index, physical activity and diet) and health factors (total cholesterol, blood pressure and fasting glucose) were determined. [Results]: Overall, the prevalence of ideal health behaviours was low; non-smoking (60.9% ideal), body mass index (76.8%), physical activity (62.1%), and diet (1.7%). The prevalence of ideal health factors was; total cholesterol (65.8%), blood pressure (62.0%) and plasma glucose (88.8%). [Conclusions]: The low prevalence of iCVH behaviours, especially diet and physical activity, identified in European adolescents is likely to influence later cardiovascular health which strongly motivates efforts to increase ideal health behaviours in this population.
The HELENA project was supported by the European Community Sixth RTD Framework Programme (contract FOOD-CT-2005-007034). The data for this study was gathered under the aegis of the HELENA project, and further analysis was additionally supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grants RYC-2010-05957 and RYC-2011-09011), the Spanish Ministry of Health: Maternal, Child Health and Development Network (grant RD16/0022), the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (MICINN-FEDER) and by the University of Granada, Plan Propio de Investigación 2016, Excellence actions: Units of Excellence; Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES). Pontus Henriksson was supported by a grant from the Henning and Johan Throne-Holst Foundation. Hanna Henriksson was supported by grants from the Swedish Society of Medicine and the County Council of Östergötland, Sweden.
Peer Reviewed
2018-10-17T10:34:36Z
2018-10-17T10:34:36Z
2017
2018-10-17T10:34:37Z
artículo
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.022
e-issn: 1874-1754
issn: 0167-5273
International Journal of Cardiology 240: 428-432 (2017)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/171156
10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.022
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003751
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007308
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006393
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http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007687
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.022
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Elsevier