ArticleJornal vascular brasileiro2019
Ultrasonographic evaluation of the common carotid intima-media complex in healthy and overweight/obese children.
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- Carotid artery intima-media thickness values in obese or overweight children: a meta-analysis.European radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Pediatric endocrinopathies related to COVID-19: an update.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2023Pooled it
- Carotid intima medial thickness and its association with cardiometabolic risk factors in children with overweight and obesity: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Serum amyloid A in children and adolescents: association with overweight and carotid intima-media thickness.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic as Risk Factors for Excessive Weight Gain in Pediatrics: The Role of Changes in Nutrition Behavior. A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2021Review
- COVID-19 and obesity in childhood and adolescence: a clinical review.Jornal de pediatriaReview
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is a global epidemic, including among children. It is therefore necessary to identify cardiovascular changes in overweight/obese children as early as possible. Mode B ultrasonography of the common carotids can be used to precisely evaluate in real time early changes in the thickness of the intima-media complex (IMC), which can detect onset of the atherosclerosis process.
objectivesThis study compared IMC thickness between schoolchildren with and without overweight/obesity.
methodsA sample of 59 children of both sexes, aged 7 to 10 years, were recruited from health centers in São Paulo, Brazil. Children were classified by z scores for body mass index (BMI) into two groups, with or without overweight/obesity. These groups were then compared in terms of IMC thickness.
resultsThe groups were homogenous for age and sex. The mean IMC measurement in the group with overweight/obesity was 0.49 (± 0.07) mm, whereas in the group free from overweight/obesity it was 0.41 (± 0.05) mm (p < 0.01). These differences were maintained when groups with and without overweight/obesity were compared separately by sex and for right and left sides. The coefficient for the correlation between IMC measurement and BMI z score was 0.61 (95% confidence interval = 0.42-0.75). Within the same nutritional status group, there were no differences between sexes or between right and left sides.
conclusionsIntima-media thickness was greater among children with overweight/obesity and was directly proportional to BMI z score, denoting increased cardiovascular risk in this group.
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