Why the study?
Are hypertension and dyslipidaemia related to intima-media thickness in obese children?
Are hypertension and dyslipidaemia related to intima-media thickness in obese children?
The study investigates whether hypertension and dyslipidaemia are related to carotid intima-media thickness, a marker of early atherosclerosis, in obese children.
Should not yet change practice in obese children; hypothesis-generating for hypertension and dyslipidaemia in pediatric atherosclerosis.
Obesity in childhood contributes to cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension and dyslipidaemia.1 Exposure to these cardiovascular risk factors may induce atherogenic changes in the arteries.1 Measurement of the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is an acknowledged non-invasive marker for early atherosclerotic changes and is a feasible, reliable, valid, and cost effective method.2,3 It has not yet been studied whether hypertension and dyslipidaemia are related to IMT in obese children. Therefore, we measured clinical data (age, …
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Wunsch et al. (2005) studied this question.
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