Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26384008›Full record

ArticleBMC pediatrics2015

High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents with Williams-Beuren syndrome.

Daiji Takeuchi, Michiko Furutani, Yuriko Harada, Yoshiyuki Furutani, Kei Inai, Toshio Nakanishi, Rumiko Matsuoka

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Skin-deep resilience in Black youth: Striving and sleep reactivity to daily stress.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Computerized Tomography Use in Williams-Beuren Syndrome Aortopathy.Heart views : the official journal of the Gulf Heart Association
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Daiji TakeuchiDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. ptakeuci@hij.twmu.ac.jp.
Michiko FurutaniDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. michii@imcir.twmu.ac.jp.
Yuriko HaradaDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. ytr.koro@icloud.com.
Yoshiyuki FurutaniDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. yoshi@imcir.twmu.ac.jp.
Kei InaiDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. pinai@hij.twmu.ac.jp.
Toshio NakanishiDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. pnakanis@hij.twmu.ac.jp.
Rumiko MatsuokaDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. rumiko@imcir.twmu.ac.jp.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA high incidence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors has been reported in adults with Williams-Beuren syndrome (WS). However, the prevalence of these factors in children and adolescents with WS is unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of CV risk factors in these patients.

methodsThirty-two WS patients aged <18 years were enrolled in the study. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels (n = 32), oral glucose tolerance test results (n = 20), plasma renin and aldosterone levels (n = 31), 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABP; n = 24), carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT; n = 15), and brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD; n = 15) were measured and analyzed.

resultsThe lipid profile revealed hypercholesterolemia in 22% and elevated oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels in 94% of the patients. Glucose metabolism abnormalities were found in 70% of the patients. Insulin resistance was observed in 40% of the patients. High plasma renin and aldosterone levels were detected in 45 and 39% of the patients, respectively. A mean systolic blood pressure above the 90th percentile was noted in 29% of patients. High IMT (>0.65 mm) and low FMD (<9%) were detected in 80 and 73% of patients, respectively.

conclusionIn patients with WS, CV risk factors are frequently present from childhood. In children with WS, screening tests for the early detection of CV risk factors and long-term follow-up are required to determine whether long-term exposure to these factors increases the risk for CV events in adulthood.

Indexed as

AdolescentAldosteroneBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryCardiovascular DiseasesCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessChildChild, PreschoolElastinFemaleHumansInfantJapanLipoproteins, LDLMalePrevalenceAldosteroneElastinLipoproteins, LDL

Identifiers

PMID26384008
PMCPMC4574554

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.