Bogalusa Heart Study
Bogalusa Heart Study
The world’s longest and most detailed prospective study (of 14,000 children), which sought to understand the early natural history of coronary artery disease and essential hypertension.Conclusions
Major causes of adult heart disease (coronary disease) and essential hypertension begin in early childhood and can be identified; environmental factors are significant and influence dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity; lifestyles and behaviours that influence cardiovascular risk are learned, begin early in life and can be modified in childhood, to reduce cardiovascular risk factors later.