Temporal longitudinal associations of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and carotid intima-media thickness with resting heart rate and inflammation in youth
Andrew O. Agbaje, S Barmi, Kate Sansum, Tracy Baynard, Alan R. Barker, Tomi‐Pekka Tuomainen
Abstract
Higher arterial stiffness but not carotid-intima media thickness in adolescence preceded higher resting heart rate in young adulthood, however, elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein in adolescence preceded higher arterial stiffness and carotid intima-thickness in young adulthood in the temporal causal path. Low-grade inflammation during adolescence may be causally associated with the development of subclinical arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis in young adulthood.
Topics & Concepts
Pulse wave velocityCardiologyInternal medicineRESTING HEART RATEMedicineHeart rateIntima-media thicknessPulse (music)Carotid arteriesBlood pressurePhysicsOpticsDetectorCardiovascular Health and Disease PreventionNutritional Studies and DietHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control