Key result
Youths at risk of overweight and overweight exhibited increased cardiovascular risk markers compared to healthy-weight youths, including higher casual systolic blood pressure (111.5 and 113.5 vs 109.5 mmHg in white youths).
Why the study?
Does being at risk of overweight or overweight worsen cardiovascular phenotypes in US youths compared to healthy weight?
Observational (n=972)
Does being at risk of overweight or overweight worsen cardiovascular phenotypes in US youths compared to healthy weight?
Youths who are at risk of overweight already exhibit adverse cardiovascular phenotypes compared to their healthy-weight peers, highlighting the need for early intervention.
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Associated with higher BP in overweight youths; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before guiding practice.
Zhu et al. (2007) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular disease-free (n=972). At risk of overweight and overweight vs. Healthy weight was evaluated on Cardiovascular phenotypes (blood pressure, hemodynamics, pulse wave velocity, left ventricular structure and function, and overnight sodium excretion). Youths at risk of overweight and overweight exhibited increased cardiovascular risk markers compared to healthy-weight youths, including higher casual systolic blood pressure (111.5 and 113.5 vs 109.5 mmHg in white youths).
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