作者
Min Hae Park, Áine Skow, Sara De Matteis, Anthony S Kessel, Sonia Saxena, Russell M Viner, Sanjay Kinra
发表日期
2015/12
来源
BMC pediatrics
卷号
15
页码范围
1-10
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Adiposity in childhood is associated with later cardiovascular disease (CVD), but it is unclear whether this relationship is independent of other risk factors experienced in later life, such as smoking and hypertension. Carotid-intima media thickness (cIMT) is a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis that may be used to assess CVD risk in young people. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between adiposity and cIMT in children and adolescents.
Methods
We searched Medline, Embase, Global Health, and CINAHL Plus electronic databases (1980–2014). Population-based observational studies that reported a measure of association between objectively-measured adiposity and cIMT in childhood were included in this review.
Results
Twenty-two cross-sectional studies were included (n = 7 …
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