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Are childhood and current cardiovascular risk factors associated with higher carotid intimal-medial thickness in young and middle-aged adults?
Are childhood and current cardiovascular risk factors associated with higher carotid intimal-medial thickness in young and middle-aged adults?
Cardiovascular risk factors present in childhood and their cumulative load into adulthood are predictive of increased carotid intimal-medial thickness in middle age.
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Age and LDL associate with carotid IMT in adults; confirms current risk factor links but leaves open childhood contributions.
Davis et al. (2001) studied this question.
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