Does an increased number of cardiovascular risk factors increase the severity of asymptomatic coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in children and young adults?
The severity of asymptomatic coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in young people is directly associated with the number of cardiovascular risk factors present.
These findings indicate that as the number of cardiovascular risk factors increases, so does the severity of asymptomatic coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in young people.
Berenson et al. (1998) studied this question.