The Impact of Obesity on Children and Adolescents.

University of Athens80 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the study is to investigate the association of obesity with arterial blood pressure, atherosclerosis, target organ damage (heart, arteries, kidney) and insulin resistance in children and young adolescents.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Obesity Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Overweight (85th\<BMI\<95th percentile) and obese (BMI\>=95th percentile) children and adolescents * No medication treatment (apart from bronchodilators, T4 in euthyroid children) * No severe mental problem * Parents' and patients' signed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Severe chronic or acute cardiac disease or other severe chronic or acute disease * Any acute inflammation * Familial dyslipidemia * Clinical hypothyroidism or other endocrinopathy * Poor compliance.

Locations (1)

Hypertension Center, Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens

Athens, Greece

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Blood Pressure levels, Target organ damage (Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, IMT, pulse wave velocity, microalbuminuria), Insulin Resistance

Time frame: 3 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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