Journal of Pediatric Perspectives

Journal of Pediatric Perspectives

Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children with Overweight/Obesity: A Single-center Study

Document Type : original article

Authors
Hanan Fouad 1
Shymaa Shalaby 2
Mostafa Kamal 3
Mariem Monier Thabet 4
Sherine Shalaby 4
Iman Khalifa 4
1 Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Egypt.
2 Radiodiagnosis Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Egypt.
3 Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Egypt
4 Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Egypt
10.22038/ijp.2022.63367.4830
Abstract
Our study aimed to assess Carotid artery Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) in a group of children with overweight/obesity as a good predictor for atherosclerosis.
We included 39 prepubertal children with Body Mass Indexes (BMI) above 85% for age and sex; 23% overweight, and 77% obese. Twenty matched non-obese healthy children were enrolled to compare CIMT results. About 44% of the cases had abnormal blood pressure, ~39% had dyslipidemia, and ~74% had an unhealthy metabolic state.
We observed higher CIMT in cases than controls, with no significant difference between overweight and obese status (at a confidence interval of 95% and P < 0.05). CIMT was positively associated with the BMI of the whole study group, and with HC and triglyceride in the children with obesity. CIMT was significantly higher among children with overweight/obesity than in average weight children, regardless of their metabolic status or blood pressure stage.
Keywords
Anthropometric Measures
Blood Pressure Stages
Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness
Metabolic Status
Overweight/Obese/average-weight Children. &emsp
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Journal of Pediatric Perspectives
Volume 10, Issue 5
May 2022
Pages 15945-15956