Key result
Hyperlipidemia and hypertension during young adulthood are associated with the development of coronary heart disease in later decades.
Current guidelines are insufficient for screening and treating cardiovascular risk factors like hyperlipidemia and hypertension in young adults, which are predictive of future coronary heart disease.
May prompt earlier risk assessment in young adults; leaves open optimal screening thresholds and intervention effects.
This extensive literature review focuses on cardiovascular risk factors in young adults, with an emphasis on hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Multiple studies have confirmed that hyperlipidemia and hypertension during young adulthood are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in later decades, and CHD is one type of cardiovascular disease. The primary risk factors identified in the literature that are predictive of CHD are age; gender; race/ethnicity; smoking status; high blood pressure; and elevated lipid levels, especially low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The current guidelines are insufficient to address screening and treatment in young adults with cardiovascular risk factors. Future studies are warranted to confirm the extent of cardiovascular risks in young adults, which can then be targeted to this population for prevention and intervention strategies.
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Tran et al. (2014) conducted a review in Cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiovascular risk factors (hyperlipidemia and hypertension) was evaluated on Coronary heart disease (CHD). Hyperlipidemia and hypertension during young adulthood are associated with the development of coronary heart disease in later decades.
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