Evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness, a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, in children with cerebral palsy.

Background: Respiratory and cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death in children with cerebral palsy.

Objective: To evaluate sonographic carotid intima-media thickness, an early marker of atherosclerosis, in children with cerebral palsy and in healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: One hundred children with cerebral palsy (65 boys), mean age 6.