Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Children and Young Adults
- 8 October 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (15), 1083-1084
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199810083391514
Abstract
We commend Berenson et al. (June 4 issue)1 for identifying risk factors associated with the development of atherosclerosis in young people. However, we are concerned that the failure to include cocaine as a risk factor for atherosclerosis may have resulted in an overestimation of the contribution of other risk factors.Keywords
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