Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and carotid artery distensibility are reliable screening
methods for vascular alterations and the assessment of cardiovascular risk in adult and …

High blood pressure is a risk factor for atherosclerosis in adults, but whether the same is true
in children and young people is not known. This is important to guide management of high …

Background Adiposity in childhood is associated with later cardiovascular disease (CVD),
but it is unclear whether this relationship is independent of other risk factors experienced in …

Background: In order to assess the relationship between hypertension or dyslipidemia and
obesity, the body mass index (BMI) is usually used. Unlike waist circumference (WC), BMI …

The consumption of ultra-processed foods plays an important role in the development of
obesity and hypertension. The present study investigated the association between …

Background: The relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with subclinical
atherosclerosis affected by the body adiposity has been observed in children, whereas this …

We studied the relationship between different anthropometric indexes and plasma lipids.
Data were collected from 2014 to 2016 in 854 schoolchildren (6-18 years). Waist …

Background Obesity is a chronic disease defined by an excess amount of adipose tissue
and presents a low‐grade inflammatory state, increasing cardiovascular risk. Objective To …

Carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT) is a subclinical marker of atherosclerotic
development, which is impaired in adolescents with obesity. This study aimed to analyze the …

BACKGROUND Although increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), soluble
adhesion molecules and proinflammatory biomarkers are strongly implicated in the …