Morphological and functional vascular changes induced by childhood obesity

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 831-835

  Ciccone, Marco Matteo ^a   Miniello, Vito ^a   Marchioli, Roberto ^b   Scicchitano, Pietro ^a   Cortese, Francesca ^a   Palumbo, Vincenzo ^a   Primitivo, Stefano Giuseppe ^a   Sassara, Marco ^a   Ricci, Gabriella ^a   Carbonara, Santa ^a   Gesualdo, Michele ^a   Diaferio, Lucia ^a   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^c   De Pergola, Giovanni ^a   Giordano, Paola ^a   Favale, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Research Centre of the Italian Society of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Childhood obesity; Flow mediated dilatation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 84856866028     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711398180     Document Type: Article

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