Temporal longitudinal associations of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and carotid intima-media thickness with resting heart rate and inflammation in youth.

We examined the temporal longitudinal associations of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) with the risk of elevated resting heart rate (RHR) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). We studied 3,862 adolescents, mean age 17.7 (SD 0.

The acute and postprandial effects of sugar moiety on vascular and metabolic health outcomes in adolescents.

This study explored the cardiometabolic responses to sugar moieties acutely, and following a subsequent mixed meal tolerance test (MMTT). Twenty-one healthy adolescents ( = 10 female, 14.3 ± 0.

The reliability of a breath-hold protocol to determine cerebrovascular reactivity in adolescents.

Purpose: Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) is impaired in adolescents with cardiovascular disease risk factors. A breath-hold test is a noninvasive method of assessing CVR, yet there are no reliability data of this outcome in youth. This study aimed to assess the reliability of a breath-hold protocol to measure CVR in adolescents.

Validity of the Supramaximal Test to Verify Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Children and Adolescents.

This study had 2 objectives: (1) to examine whether the validity of the supramaximal verification test for maximal oxygen uptake ( ) differs in children and adolescents when stratified for sex, body mass, and cardiorespiratory fitness and (2) to assess sensitivity and specificity of primary and secondary objective criteria from the incremental test to verify . In total, 128 children and adolescents (76 male and 52 females; age: 9.3-17.