Authors: Abel Pereira, Anita Saldanha, Ana Paula Pantoja Margeotto, Tereza Luiza Bellincanta Fakhouri, Andre Gasparoto, Tatiana Abrão, Fernando H Guarnieri, Tania L R Martinez.
The aim of this research was to determine whether the risk factors are associated with usCRP elevations in young girls and female adolescents. From a total of 2500 public school students a group of 150 were selected for having total cholesterol levels above 150 mg/dL and altered usPCR.
The positive correlations were: Sedentary Life, Abdominal circumference, Blood Pressure and Total Cholesterol. These results once more point to awareness measures regarding healthy lifestyle.
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