Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/7708
Title: Relation of age and sex with carotid intima media thickness in healthy children
Authors: Koçyigit, Ali
Doğan, Mustafa
Yılmaz, İsmail
Çağlar, Murat
Hatipoğlu, Celile
Koçyigit, Figen
Herek, Duygu
Keywords: Aging
Carotid artery
Children
Intima-media thickness
Sex differences
Ultrasonography
adolescent
age
arterial wall thickness
article
body mass
child
echography
female
human
male
normal human
prospective study
school child
sex
sphygmomanometry
carotid artery
sex difference
Adolescent
Age Factors
Carotid Arteries
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Sex Factors
Publisher: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences
Abstract: Background/aim: To investigate the age- and sex-associated carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) changes in healthy children to determine the age- and sex-specific normal range of values for childhood. Materials and methods: This study examined 91 healthy school-age children aged 7-15 years prospectively. Standardized sonographic cIMT measurements and analyses were performed. Body mass index and blood pressure were obtained, and atherosclerotic risk factors were investigated. Age- and sex-specific cIMT measurements for different age groups were calculated and the relation with sex was investigated. Results: Regarding the total study group, mean cIMT measurements for age groups 7-9, 10-12, and 13-15 years were 4.1 ± 0.5 mm, 4.4 ± 0.6 mm, and 4.6 ± 0.4 mm, respectively. cIMT did not differ between boys and girls in the same age group. Age related analyses showed significant variations among the age groups with positive correlation between cIMT and age. Conclusion: Our results suggest that age-related physiologic thickening of the carotid artery intima-media occurs not only in adults but also in children and that sex is not a factor for cIMT differences in childhood. © TÜBİTAK.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/7708
https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1304-22
ISSN: 1300-0144
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