Espessura do complexo médio-intimal carotídeo : influência das condições de nascimento, do crescimento acelerado na infância, da amamentação e dos fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares aos 30 anos na coorte de 1982 em Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Abstract

This study evaluated the relationship between carotid intima-media thickness, a predictor of atherosclerosis, measured by ultrasound, and the conditions of birth, accelerated growth during infancy, breastfeeding and metabolic cardiovascular risk factors (body mass index, blood pressure, serum glucose, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and total-cholesterol) and behavioral (diet, sedentary lifestyle, smoking and alcohol) in the 1982 Cohort in Pelotas, Brazil. Carotid intima-media thickness at age 30 was positively associated with weight-for-age z-score at age 2 years, height-for-age z-score at age 2 years, weight-for-height z-score at age 4, height-for-age z-score at age 4, weight-for-age z-score at age 4 and conditional weight gain at age 4 years. The consumption of tobacco and metabolic cardiovascular risk factors (body mass index, blood pressure, blood glucose and lipids) were associated with carotid intima-media thickness.