Association Between Carotid Intima Media Thickness, Age, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents

Abstract

These cross-sectional data in normal children show that cIMT was stable from childhood into adolescence. However, both BMI and CV risk score had small, but significant positive correlations with cIMT. Therefore, maintaining normal levels of adiposity and other risk variables may be useful in preventing early changes associated with preclinical atherosclerosis.