The association of allergic asthma and carotid intima-media thickness in adolescence: data of the prospective early vascular ageing (EVA)-Tyrol cohort study

CONCLUSION: Allergic asthma in the youth is associated with an increased carotid intima-media thickness. Physicians should therefore be aware of allergic asthma as a potential cardiovascular risk factor in children and adolescents. Trial Registration Number The EVA-Tyrol Study has been retrospectively registered at clinicaltrials.gov under NCT03929692 since April 29, 2019.PMID:35042472 | DOI:10.1186/s12872-021-02452-1

Source: Atherosclerosis - January 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bernhard Winder Sophia J Kiechl Nadja M Gruber Beno ît Bernar Nina Gande Anna Staudt Katharina Stock Christoph Hochmayr Ralf Geiger Andrea Griesmacher Markus Anliker Stefan Kiechl Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer Michael Knoflach Early Vascular Ageing (EVA)-Ty Source Type: research