What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Observational. Population: Down Syndrome (n=37). Intervention: Down Syndrome. Primary outcome: Cardiac features, metabolic parameters, and gait patterns.

What does this research mean for the field?

Adults with Down Syndrome exhibit a high prevalence of overweight, obesity, abnormal cholesterol levels, and abnormal gait patterns, alongside normal blood pressure, heart rate, and glycaemia. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

April 10, 2017Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and TreatmentOpen Access

Study of Cardiac Features in Adults with Down Syndrome

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Adults with Down Syndrome exhibit a high prevalence of obesity, abnormal cholesterol, and gait disorders.

n=37

Population

37 adults with Down Syndrome, age range 18-60 years

Design

Cross-sectional

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CCClaudia CondoluciIRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele MGManuela GalliPolitecnico di Milano VCVerônica CimolinUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre

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Implication

Supports metabolic monitoring in adults with Down syndrome; leaves open prospective links to gait or cardiovascular outcomes.

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Observational (n=37)

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Population

37 adults with Down Syndrome aged 18 to 60 years assessed for cardiac, metabolic, and gait parameters.

Outcome

Cardiac parameters (heart rate and blood pressure), metabolic parameters (blood glucose, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides), and gait patternsurrogate

Adults with Down Syndrome exhibit a high prevalence of physical disorders, including overweight, obesity, abnormal cholesterol values, and abnormal gait patterns.

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Condoluci et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Down Syndrome (n=37). Down Syndrome was evaluated on Cardiac features, metabolic parameters, and gait patterns. In 37 adults with Down Syndrome, there was a high prevalence of physical disorders, including overweight, obesity, abnormal cholesterol values, and abnormal gait patterns.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa61aa24c67234624eec23f https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2017.05.01.3

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