Epidemiology of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Youth

青少年颈动脉粥样硬化的流行病学

• 批准号: 6950016
• 负责人: PATRICIA Helen DAVIS
• 金额: $ 63.76万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-30 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6950016
• 关键词: acute phase protein; adolescence (12-20); age difference; aorta disorder; atherosclerosis; blood chemistry; blood pressure; body composition; cardiovascular disorder diagnosis; cardiovascular disorder epidemiology; cardiovascular disorder risk; carotid artery; clinical research; early diagnosis; family genetics; gender difference; hemoglobin As; human birth weight; human middle age (35-64); human subject; lipid metabolism; longitudinal human study; questionnaires; smoking; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The atherosclerotic process begins in childhood with the appearance of fatty streaks in the distal abdominal aorta and later affects the carotid and coronary arteries. Identification of children and adolescents at high risk for atherosclerosis would allow early intervention before the development of symptoms. Measurement of carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) detects subclinical disease and is predictive of coronary artery disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease in older adults. In 1970, cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) were measured in school age children in Muscatine, Iowa. A representative sample of 675 members of this initial cohort are now aged 42 to 50 years. Risk factors were measured in childhood, young adulthood, and three times as older adults. In addition, measures of subclinical disease including carotid IMT, coronary artery calcification (CAC) and brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation have been completed. Carotid IMT in young and middle-aged adults is related to childhood risk factors including cholesterol in both genders and obesity in women. Carotid IMT is significantly associated with CAC and current CRF. In 442 of the offspring of this cohort, aged 15 to 30 years, carotid IMT is not related to CRF but CRF in the offspring are related to parental carotid IMT. Carotid IMT is correlated within siblings and with parental IMT suggesting that there is familial aggregation of carotid IMT. In this application, we will measure IMT in a vascular bed affected earlier by atherosclerosis, the distal abdominal aorta, as well as in the carotid artery. In 662 offspring, aged 11 to 32 years, we will determine (1) if aortic and carotid IMT are related (2) the relationship of CRF to aortic IMT and progression of carotid IMT and (3) the relationship of aortic and carotid IMT in the offspring to subclinical (as measured by progression of carotid IMT) or clinical (cardiovascular morbidity or mortality) disease in their parents. This proposal has the potential of providing information which would allow identification of individuals at high risk of atherosclerosis during childhood or adolescence.

描述（由申请人提供）：动脉粥样硬化过程始于儿童时期，伴随着远端腹主动脉出现脂肪条纹，随后影响颈动脉和冠状动脉。识别动脉粥样硬化高危儿童和青少年将有助于在症状出现之前进行早期干预。颈动脉内膜中层厚度 (IMT) 的测量可检测亚临床疾病，并预测老年人的冠状动脉疾病、中风和外周血管疾病。 1970 年，对爱荷华州马斯卡廷学龄儿童的心血管危险因素 (CRF) 进行了测量。该初始队列中的 675 名代表性成员目前年龄在 42 至 50 岁之间。危险因素在儿童期、青年期进行测量，是老年人的三倍。此外，包括颈动脉IMT、冠状动脉钙化（CAC）和肱动脉血流介导的扩张在内的亚临床疾病的测量也已完成。青壮年颈动脉 IMT 与儿童期危险因素有关，包括男女胆固醇和女性肥胖。颈动脉 IMT 与 CAC 和当前 CRF 显着相关。在该队列的 442 名 15 至 30 岁的后代中，颈动脉 IMT 与 CRF 无关，但后代的 CRF 与父母颈动脉 IMT 相关。颈动脉 IMT 在兄弟姐妹中以及与父母 IMT 相关，表明颈动脉 IMT 存在家族聚集。在此应用中，我们将测量早期受动脉粥样硬化影响的血管床、远端腹主动脉以及颈动脉中的 IMT。在 662 名 11 至 32 岁的后代中，我们将确定 (1) 主动脉和颈动脉 IMT 是否相关 (2) CRF 与主动脉 IMT 和颈动脉 IMT 进展的关系，以及 (3) 后代的主动脉和颈动脉 IMT 与其亚临床（通过颈动脉 IMT 进展测量）或临床（心血管发病率或死亡率）疾病的关系 父母。该提案有可能提供信息，从而识别儿童或青少年时期动脉粥样硬化高风险的个体。