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Asthma is associated with carotid arterial injury in children: The Childhood Origins of Asthma (COAST) Cohort

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PLOS ONE
Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204708

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  1. National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director grant [P01 HL070831]

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Background Asthma is associated with an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adults, but the impact of asthma and atopic conditions on CVD risk in children is less well established. We hypothesized that children in the Childhood Origins of Asthma (COAST) Cohort with asthma and atopic conditions would have early carotid arterial injury. Methods The COAST study is a longitudinal birth cohort of children at increased risk of developing asthma. Children underwent ultrasonography measuring far wall right carotid bifurcation (RCB) and common carotid artery (RCCA) intima-media thickness (IMT; a measure of arterial injury). Multivariable linear regression models adjusted for age, gender, race, blood pressure, and body-mass index were used to assess associations of asthma and markers of arterial injury. Results The 89 participants were a mean (standard deviation) 15.3 (0.6) years old and 42% were female; 28 asthmatics had atopic disease, 34 asthmatics were without other atopic disease, and 15 non-asthmatics had atopic disease. This study population was compared to 12 controls (participants free of asthma or atopic disease). Compared to controls (589 mu m), those with atopic disease (653 mu m, p = 0.07), asthma (649 mu m, p = 0.05), or both (677 mu m, p = 0.005) had progressively higher RCB IMT values (p(trend) = 0.011). In adjusted models, asthmatic and/or atopic participants had significantly higher RCB IMT than those without asthma or atopic disease (all p <= 0.03). Similar relationships were found for RCCA IMT. Conclusion Adolescents with asthma and other atopic diseases have an increased risk of subclinical arterial injury compared to children without asthma or other atopic disease.

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