Accelerated growth during childhood is associated with increased arterial stiffness in prepubertal children

Catarina Pais; Liane Correia-Costa; Cláudia Moura; Cláudia Mota; Milton Severo; António Guerra; José Carlos Areias; Franz Schaefer; Alberto Caldas Afonso; Henrique Barros; Ana Cristina Santos; Ana Azevedo

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.149

Accelerated growth during childhood is associated with increased arterial stiffness in prepubertal children

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Feb 1:204:83-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.149. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ EPIUnit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
² EPIUnit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: liane@med.up.pt.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ EPIUnit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal; Division of Pediatric Nutrition, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁷ Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁸ EPIUnit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Integrated Pediatric Hospital, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 26655546
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.149

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure / physiology
Body Height / physiology
Body Weight / physiology*
Child
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Puberty
Vascular Stiffness / physiology*
Weight Gain / physiology*