Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Percentiles in Adolescence and Young Adulthood and Their Association With Obesity and Hypertensive Blood Pressure in a Population Cohort.
Hannelore K NeuhauserJulia BüschgesAngelika Schaffrath RosarioAnja SchienkiewitzGiselle Sarganas MargolisKarsten KönigsteinDieter SchweizerArno Schmidt-TrucksässPublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2022)
Based on state-of-the-art measurements and statistical techniques, these population-based CIMT percentiles by sex, age and height add unbiased evidence for the association of subclinical atherosclerosis with hypertensive BP and obesity in the young.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- high fat diet induced
- depressive symptoms
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- hypertensive patients
- heart rate
- middle aged
- body mass index
- cardiovascular disease
- optical coherence tomography
- skeletal muscle
- cardiovascular risk factors
- adipose tissue
- early life
- physical activity