Do childhood C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels predict adult CRP and carotid intima-media thickness?
Childhood CRP is a weak independent predictor of adult CRP but does not predict adult carotid intima-media thickness, suggesting it may not be a strong early marker for structural vascular changes.
Childhood CRP values predict weakly but significantly adult CRP, and this association is independent of other metabolic risk factors. Unlike conventional risk factors, however, childhood CRP does not predict adult IMT.
Juonala et al. (2006) studied this question.
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