Childhood Obesity: Does it Have Any Effect on Young Arteries?

Prevalence of overweight (OW) and obesity (O) in children and adolescents has been increased in the past three decades. Increased arterial stiffness measuring by aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) might be detected in OW/O children and adolescents. The aim of our study was to compare the arterial function parameters (AFPs), such as PWV; aortic augmentation index (Aix); aortic systolic blood pressure (SBP) and brachial systolic blood pressure (SBP) measured simultaneously in O/OW patients and healthy subjects.

Updated and revised normal values of aortic pulse wave velocity in children and adolescents aged 3-18 years.

Measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is recommended for stratifying individual cardiovascular (CV) risk in adults. Diseases in children and adolescents might influence aortic stiffness. It is necessary to exclude overweight (OW), obese (O) subjects, and individuals with increased systolic (SBP) and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from the population, when creating normal values of PWV in children and adolescents.

[Prevalence of hypertension in overweight and obese Hungarian children and adolescents].

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide, which affects not only adults, but children and adolescents as well. Moreover, this condition may lead to several comorbidities, such as elevated or even high blood pressure. Aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of overweight- and obesity-related elevated and high blood pressure in a population aged 3-18 years in Hungary.

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Hungarian Children and Adolescents.

Background/aims: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is increasing worldwide, and this condition is a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the 3-18-year-old population in Szolnok City and the surrounding areas.

Methods: Anthropometric data from healthy, white individuals recruited from nursery, elementary, and secondary schools were used to assess the prevalence of obesity and overweight in Szolnok City and the surrounding area, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, Hungary.

Reference values of aortic pulse wave velocity in a large healthy population aged between 3 and 18 years.

Objective: The measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV(ao)) is an accepted marker in stratifying individual cardiovascular risk in adults. There is an increasing volume of evidence concerning impaired vascular function in different diseases in paediatric populations, but, unfortunately, only a few studies are available on the measurement of normal PWV(ao) values in children. The aim of our study was to determine the reference values of PWV(ao) in a large healthy population using a newly developed technique.