The association of blood pressure, body mass index and carotid intima-media thickness as childhood predictors of cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Benedict Apaw AgyeiYaw Amo WiafeAndrew DonkorIjeoma Chinedum Anyitey-KokorKataru YahyaFred Stephen SarfoPublished in: Health science reports (2024)
The meta-analysis found a significant difference in CIMT between normotensive and hypertensive children, with overweight and moderately obese children having higher CIMT values. Thus, conducting CIMT screening for obese or overweight children and children with increased blood pressure can provide valuable information about their cardiovascular disease risk.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- cardiovascular disease
- young adults
- weight loss
- systematic review
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- heart rate
- cardiovascular risk factors
- randomized controlled trial
- bariatric surgery
- hypertensive patients
- weight gain
- optical coherence tomography
- obese patients
- coronary artery disease
- blood glucose
- meta analyses
- early life