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Early in the next century, cardiovascular disease will probably be the number-one killer worldwide.¹ Despite important successes in the past 30 years, unfavorable trends in some coronary risk factors may have contributed to a slowing of the rate of decline in age-adjusted mortality from cardiovascular disease in the United States. Furthermore, given the aging of the population, cardiovascular disease will remain an important public health concern well into the next century even if age-adjusted death rates continue to decline. In this issue of the Journal, Berenson et al.² contribute important evidence from the Bogalusa Heart Study that even in childhood . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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