Accelerated Early Vascular Aging Among Adolescents With Obesity and/or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Background The normal rate of subclinical vascular aging from adolescence to young adulthood has not been well-characterized. We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study among adolescents with normal-weight, obesity, and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus to examine trajectories of early vascular aging. Methods and Results Adolescents (mean [SD] age 17.