Childhood age and associations between childhood metabolic syndrome and adult risk for metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus and carotid intima media thickness: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium

<h4>Background</h4> <p>There is paucity of knowledge concerning the specific age in youth when the associations of metabolic syndrome (MetS) begin to be operative. Thus, we investigated the relation of age to the associations of childhood MetS with adult MetS, type 2 diabetes mell...

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Main Authors: Koskinen, J, Magnussen, CG, Sinaiko, A, Woo, J, Urbina, E, Jacobs, DR, Steinberger, J, Prineas, R, Sabin, MA, Burns, T, Berenson, G, Bazzano, L, Venn, A, Viikari, JSA, Hutri-Kähönen, N, Raitakari, O, Dwyer, T, Juonala, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Heart Association 2017