We assessed carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and arterial stiffness in 28 children and adolescents with previous dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) (mean interval between DHF and cardiovascular assessment, 8.4 years), and 34 controls in a low-resource setting. Participants with previous DHF had an adjusted increased cIMT of 42.6 µm (95% confidence interval [CI]: 10.0-75.3, = 0.01), and 61.7 µm (95% CI: 21.5-102.0, < 0.01) in a subgroup analysis on dengue shock syndrome. There were no differences in arterial stiffness. In this first exploratory study, children and adolescents with a history of DHF had an increased cIMT, which may be modulated by dengue severity.
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Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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December 2024
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University/Children Cardiovascular Research Center of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China. Electronic address:
Background: Short sleep duration is common in the pediatric population and is associated with an increased risk of high carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis. However, little is known regarding whether changes in sleep duration status over time can alter the risk of high cIMT in children.
Objectives: To examine the association between changes in sleep duration status and high cIMT in a cohort study of Chinese children.
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Scientific Computing Program, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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