Presence of increased stiffness of the common carotid artery and endothelial dysfunction in severely obese children: a prospective study.

By P. Tounian, Y. Aggoun, B. Dubern, V. Varille, B. Guy-grand, D. Sidi, J. Girardet, D. Bonnet. The Lancet, 2001

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

1. S. Daniels
2. Y. Aggoun

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1. A. Kelly
2. Goutham Rao
3. T. Inge
4. S. Daniels
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Citations in the corpus

• Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Disease (2007, background): “Arterial stiffness correlates closely with early atherosclerosis disease and has been well demonstrated in obese children (58,59,61).”
• Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents (2003, neutral): “Additional health problems related to obesity include Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with associated pulmonary hypertension (65), orthopedic problems resulting in diminishing physical activity (66,67), pancreatitis, cholecystitis and pseudotumor cerebri.”
• Severe Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Identification, Associated Health Risks, and Treatment Approaches A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (2013, background): “diorespiratory deconditioning (low fitness level) and poor pulmonary function,(9) clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors,(8,14) arterial stiffness,(17) increased carotid artery intima-media thickness,(11) and endothelial dysfunction/activation.(11,12,16,17) Perhaps”