Wesley K Lefferts1, Jacqueline A Augustine1, Nicole L Spartano1, Nader H Atallah-Yunes2, Kevin S Heffernan3, Brooks B Gump4. 1. Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. 2. Pediatric Cardiology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. 3. Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Electronic address: ksheffer@syr.edu. 4. Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate racial differences in central blood pressure and vascular structure/function as subclinical markers of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in children. STUDY DESIGN: This cross-sectional study recruited 54 African American children (18 female, 36 male; age 10.5 ± 0.9 years) and 54 white children (27 female, 26 male; age 10.8 ± 0.9 years) from the Syracuse City community as part of the Environmental Exposures and Child Health Outcomes study. Participants underwent blood lipid and vascular testing on 2 separate days. Carotid artery intima-media thickness and aortic stiffness were measured by ultrasonography and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, respectively. Blood pressure was assessed at the brachial artery and estimated in the carotid artery using applanation tonometry. RESULTS: African American children had significantly higher pulse wave velocity (4.8 ± 0.8 m/s) compared with white children (4.2 ± 0.7 m/s; P < .05), which remained significant after adjustment for confounding variables including socioeconomic status. African American children had significantly higher intima-media thickness (African American 0.41 ± 0.06, white 0.39 ± 0.05 mm), and carotid systolic blood pressure (African American 106 ± 11, white 102 ± 8 mm Hg; P < .05) compared with white children, although these racial differences were no longer present after covariate adjustments for height. CONCLUSIONS: Racial differences in aortic stiffness are present in childhood. Our findings suggest that racial differences in subclinical cardiovascular disease occur earlier than previously recognized.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate racial differences in central blood pressure and vascular structure/function as subclinical markers of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in children. STUDY DESIGN: This cross-sectional study recruited 54 African American children (18 female, 36 male; age 10.5 ± 0.9 years) and 54 white children (27 female, 26 male; age 10.8 ± 0.9 years) from the Syracuse City community as part of the Environmental Exposures and Child Health Outcomes study. Participants underwent blood lipid and vascular testing on 2 separate days. Carotid artery intima-media thickness and aortic stiffness were measured by ultrasonography and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, respectively. Blood pressure was assessed at the brachial artery and estimated in the carotid artery using applanation tonometry. RESULTS: African American children had significantly higher pulse wave velocity (4.8 ± 0.8 m/s) compared with white children (4.2 ± 0.7 m/s; P < .05), which remained significant after adjustment for confounding variables including socioeconomic status. African American children had significantly higher intima-media thickness (African American 0.41 ± 0.06, white 0.39 ± 0.05 mm), and carotid systolic blood pressure (African American 106 ± 11, white 102 ± 8 mm Hg; P < .05) compared with white children, although these racial differences were no longer present after covariate adjustments for height. CONCLUSIONS: Racial differences in aortic stiffness are present in childhood. Our findings suggest that racial differences in subclinical cardiovascular disease occur earlier than previously recognized.
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