Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 365; no. 20; pp. 1876 - 1885
• Main Authors: Juonala, Markus, Magnussen, Costan G, Berenson, Gerald S, Venn, Alison, Burns, Trudy L, Sabin, Matthew A, Srinivasan, Sathanur R, Daniels, Stephen R, Davis, Patricia H, Chen, Wei, Sun, Cong, Cheung, Michael, Viikari, Jorma S.A, Dwyer, Terence, Raitakari, Olli T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 17.11.2011
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Arteriosclerosis; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Carotid Arteries - pathology; Carotid artery; Child; Child, Preschool; Childhood; Children; Cholesterol; Cohort Studies; Data processing; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology; Dyslipidemia; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; Humans; Hypercholesterolemia - etiology; Hypertension; Hypertension - etiology; Hypertriglyceridemia - etiology; Male; Medical sciences; Obesity; Obesity - classification; Obesity - complications; Overweight; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Factors; Veins & arteries; United States > US; Human; Medicine; Adipose tissue; Adiposity; Risk factor; Cardiovascular risk; Adult; Cardiovascular disease; Child; Epidemiology

In four prospective cohort studies, obese adults who were overweight or obese in childhood had increased rates of cardiovascular risk factors. Those who were overweight or obese as children but not as adults had risks similar to the risks among those who were never obese. During the past three decad...