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Kids With Metabolic Syndrome Have Greater Carotid Stiffness

In the March issue of the American Journal of Cardiology, a groupof investigators report the results of a study of 100 obese children,6–14 years old, consecutively seen at a pediatric outpatient center.Each participant had a physical exam, height and weight measurement, bloodtests, and ultrasound scans to measure intima-media thickness and diameter ofthe common carotid artery.

Analysis revealed that children who met the criteria for metabolic syndromehad significantly greater stiffness of the carotid artery and higher levels ofC-reactive protein than those without the condition. The relevance of thefindings, the authors conclude, remains to be fully elucidated.

Iannuzzi A, Licenziati MR, Acampora C, et al.: Carotidartery stiffness in obese children with the metabolic syndrome. AmJ Cardiol 97:528–531, 2006[Medline] .

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