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    Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in children and adolescents
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 1905-07-09) Carpio Alvarado, Sendy Paola; González Nolasco, Celia Charito; Gómez Gonzales, Walter Edgar
    Objective: Systematize and analyze the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: Observational and retrospective systematic review, the results of primary research are synthesized, identifying relevant studies. The population constituted by the bibliographic review is 10 scientific articles published and indexed in scientific databases. The analysis is made up of the preparation of a summary table with the main data of each of the selected articles. Results: Of the 10 articles analyzed, we found that 20% of the research found correspond to Argentina, Cuba and Brazil each, 10% to Peru, Guatemala, Chile and Mexico each, the analyzed studies are quantitative descriptive in 30 %, cross-sectional quantitative in 30%, cohort analytical in 20%, experimental in 10%, and correlational quantitative in 10%. Conclusions: In the articles studied, several modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in adolescents were found, the most common are obesity, increased abdominal circumference, and overweight (70%), which are related to sedentary lifestyle, dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, smoking and alcoholism, which interact with each other, generating and enhancing damage to health.