Serum amyloid A in children and adolescents: association with overweight and carotid intima-media thickness.
Maria Vitória Mareschi BarbosaJoão Carlos Pina FariaStephanie Ramos CoelhoFernando Luiz Affonso FonsecaAndrea Paula Kafejian HaddadFabíola Isabel Suano de SouzaRoseli Oselka Saccardo SarniPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2023)
Overweight children and adolescents had higher serum amyloid A concentrations than eutrophic children. There was an independent association between higher concentrations of serum amyloid A and Z-score, body mass index, apolipoprotein B, and carotid intima-media thickness, indicating the importance of this inflammatory biomarker in identifying the early risk of atherosclerosis.