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July 1, 2014BMC Cardiovascular DisordersOpen Access

Impact of adiposity on cardiac structure in adult life: the childhood determinants of adult health (CDAH) study

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Why the study?

Does childhood adiposity and change in BMI from childhood to adulthood affect adult left ventricular mass?

Population

181 adults who participated in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health follow-up study and underwent…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

From age 9-15 years to age 26-36 years

Authors

RTRobyn J. TappAVAlison VennQHQuan Huynh

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Overview

Childhood BMI may track with higher adult LV mass; observational data leaves open causal effects and intervention benefits.

Structured PICO

Does childhood adiposity and change in BMI from childhood to adulthood affect adult left ventricular mass?

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Population
181 adults (aged 26 to 36 years) who participated in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) follow-up study and underwent cardiac imaging, originally assessed as children (aged 9 to 15 years) in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey.
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Intervention
Childhood body mass index (BMI) and change in BMI from childhood to adulthood
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Outcome
Adult left ventricular mass (LVM)surrogate

Childhood adiposity and its increase into adulthood are associated with increased left ventricular mass in young adults, highlighting the long-term cardiovascular impact of childhood obesity.

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Tapp et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fea54d13714ec96fecf59https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-79
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