According a new study that tracked boys and girls through their teens, the first signs that men are at higher risk of heart disease than women appear during the adolescent years.
At the start, 11-year-old boys and girls were similar in body composition, blood pressure and blood levels of lipids (fats). As expected, the percentage of body fat decreased in the boys and increased in the girls over the adolescent years.
Yet the study of the 507 Minneapolis school children found that between the ages of 11 and 19, levels of triglycerides, a type of blood fat associated with cardiovascular disease, increased in the boys and dropped in the girls. Levels of HDL cholesterol, the “good” kind that helps keep arteries clear, went down in boys but rose in girls.
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