[Association of carotid intima media thickness with blood pressure and HDL cholesterol in children].

Background: Cardiovascular risk factors must be controlled since childhood.

Aim: To assess the association of carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) with the components of the metabolic syndrome in Children.

Material And Methods: Cross sectional assessment of 299 children aged 11.

[Normal plasma insulin and HOMA values among Chilean children and adolescents].

Background: Plasma insulin and HOMA (homeostasis model assessment) index, used to determine insulin resistance, do not have local standard values for children and adolescents in Chile.

Aim: To establish the normal reference intervals for insulin and HOMA in children and adolescents aged 10-15 years, according to sex and puberal maturation.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study of 2,153 children and adolescents from Puente Alto County was performed, during 2009 and 2010.

[Association between a cardiovascular risk score and early markers of atherosclerotic disease in Chilean children].

Background: A cardiovascular risk score for children, that includes traditional risk factors, obesity, sedentary habits and a family history of cardiovascular disease, has been recently proposed by Spanish researchers.

Aim: To apply this score in school age children in Santiago de Chile and correlate its results with markers of subclinical atherosclerotic disease.

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis of data obtained from 209 children, aged 11.

[Early markers for atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome in children].

Background: The high prevalence of obesity in children favors the appearance of metabolic syndrome (MS), increasing their cardiovascular risk.

Aim: To evaluate components of MS in children and to correlate them with surrogate markers of atherosclerosis and subclinical inflammation.

Material And Methods: We studied 209 children aged 11.

Adiponectin levels, cardiometabolic risk factors and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in children.

Background: Low levels of adiponectin have been associated with metabolic risk factors (RF) and cardiac disease. Minimal data is available about the relationship between adiponectin and subclinical atherosclerosis.

Objectives: To determine the relationship of adiponectin to cardiometabolic RF, C-reactive protein (CRP), anthropometric parameters of obesity, and subclinical atherosclerosis in children.

[Relationship of C-reactive protein to adiposity, cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in healthy children].

Introduction And Objectives: In adults, C-reactive protein is a marker of cardiovascular risk. It is associated with both classical and metabolic risk factors and is a predictor of cardiovascular events. The aim was to investigate the relationship of the C-reactive protein concentration to classical cardiovascular risk factors, measures of adiposity subclinical atherosclerosis in children.