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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Common carotid intima-media thickness was measured by B-mode ultrasound imaging in 46 children (mean age, 7.4 years) with serum cholesterol > or = 6.4 mmol/L (mean, 8.25 mmol/L) and in 48 children (mean age, 6.4 years) with serum cholesterol < 6.4 mmol/L (mean, 4.60 mmol/L). Maximum thickness was significantly higher in hypercholesterolemic children than in control children (0.50 versus 0.47 mm, P = .007). Subgroup analysis showed that only in children > 6.2 years old (the median of all the children's ages) was maximum thickness significantly higher in hypercholesterolemic children than in control children (0.51 versus 0.48 mm, P = .014). The odds ratio (OR) of common carotid intima-media thickening (maximum thickness of the far wall higher than the 95th percentile of the control group, 0.51 mm) between patients and control subjects was statistically significant both in univariate analysis (OR, 6.39; 95% confidence interval, 1.19 to 32.3; P = .025) and after age (OR, 5.96; 95% confidence interval, 1.09 to 32.4; P = .039) and sex (OR, 7.54; 95% confidence interval, 1.38 to 41.2; P = .020) were controlled for. Children > 6 years old with serum cholesterol > or = 6.4 mmol/L show increased thickness of the common carotid intima-media.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1049-8834
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1075-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery in hypercholesterolemic children.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article