Key result
Obesity at 24 months of age was associated with greater left ventricular mass (1.04 SD score; 95% CI 0.20-1.89) and higher fractional shortening compared with normal weight children.
Why the study?
Do physical growth and obesity affect cardiac structures during the first 2 years of life?
Population
974 children in a population-based prospective cohort study
Comparison
Obesity and physical growth vs Normal weight children
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 months
Authors
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May warrant cardiac monitoring in obese toddlers; leaves open causality and need for prospective outcome trials.
Cohort (n=974)
Do physical growth and obesity affect cardiac structures during the first 2 years of life?
Standardized Mean Difference: 1.04 (95% CI 0.2–1.89)
Overweight and obese children show cardiac structural adaptations, such as increased left ventricular mass, as early as 2 years of age.
Jonge et al. (2011) conducted a cohort in Obesity (n=974). Obesity vs. Normal weight was evaluated on Left ventricular mass (1.04 SD score, 95% CI 0.20 to 1.89). Obesity at 24 months of age was associated with greater left ventricular mass (1.04 SD score; 95% CI 0.20-1.89) and higher fractional shortening compared with normal weight children.
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