Boulton, T. J. C. (1977). Aztst. F'aediatr. J., 13, 271-275. A coronary risk-factor profile of 4 year olds : Blood pressure, serum lipids and skinfold thickness in normal children. Anthropometric and biochemical data from a pilot-study of 65 four-year-old children is presented. The children in the study fell into the normal range for height, weight, fatness, blood pressure, and serum lipids. Within this normal sample, positive correlations were found between heightand fatness ( P < 0.02, r 0.27), height and bone age ( P < 0.01, r 0.33), fatness and blood pressure i P < 0.001, r 046), and systolic blood pressure and height i P < 0.05, r 0.3). There was no correlation between body fatness and serum cholesterol, nor triglyceride levels.