Five childhood risk factors predict heart attacks and strokes in adulthood (IMAGE)

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Five childhood risk factors predict heart attacks and strokes in adulthood

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Five childhood risk factors that predict stroke and heart attacks in adulthood have been identified after being tracked for up to half a century in the world’s largest international prospective cardiovascular disease study.

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