From: Relation between Childhood Obesity and Adult Cardiovascular Risk
Study | Population | Outcome measured | Significant result |
---|---|---|---|
Vanhala et al. [15] | 1008 Finnish people born in the years 1947, 1952, and 1957 | Relationship between obesity and cardiometabolic syndrome in childhood and adulthood | Risk of cardiometabolic syndrome was lower among obese adults who had not been obese as children |
Hofmans et al. [16] | 78,612 18 year old Dutch men | Impact of BMI on all-cause mortality | Higher incidence of all-cause deaths in those with BMI 25 or 18 |
Morrison et al. [17] | 771 children from Cincinnati, followed into adulthood | Relationship between cardiometabolic syndrome in childhood and CHD in adulthood | Adults more likely to develop CHD if they had cardiometabolic syndrome in childhood |
Li et al. [18] | 486 adults age 25–37 from Bogalusa, La. with at least 3 cardiovascular risk factors | Association of carotid IMT with cardiovascular risk factors | Childhood measures of LDL-C and BMI predict carotid IMT in young adults |