Association between impaired lung function and carotid intima-media thickness in children

Talha Rafiq; Koon K Teo; Katherine M Morrison; Stephanie A Atkinson; Gita Wahi; Dipika Desai; Sonia S Anand; MyLinh Duong

doi:10.1183/23120541.00330-2023

Association between impaired lung function and carotid intima-media thickness in children

ERJ Open Res. 2023 Oct 30;9(5):00330-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00330-2023. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

Talha Rafiq¹, Koon K Teo^{2

3

4}, Katherine M Morrison^{5

6}, Stephanie A Atkinson⁵, Gita Wahi⁴, Dipika Desai², Sonia S Anand^{2

3

4}, MyLinh Duong^{2

3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Medical Sciences Graduate Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ The Research Institute of St. Joe's Hamilton, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Abstract

Association between obstructive lung function impairment with higher cIMT is present in childhood after accounting for common risk factors. This suggests that a developmental link between obstructive lung diseases and CVD may have its origin in early life. https://bit.ly/4657s2b.