PMID- 35142077 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220414 LR - 20220731 IS - 1930-739X (Electronic) IS - 1930-7381 (Print) IS - 1930-7381 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Mar TI - Infant weight growth patterns, childhood BMI, and arterial health at age 10 years. PG - 770-778 LID - 10.1002/oby.23376 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Associations of obesity with cardiovascular disease may originate in childhood. This study examined critical periods for BMI in relation to arterial health at school age. METHODS: Among 4,731 children from a prospective cohort study, associations of infant peak weight velocity, both age and BMI at adiposity peak, and BMI trajectories with carotid artery intima-media thickness and carotid artery distensibility at 10 years were examined. RESULTS: A 1-standard deviation score (SDS) higher peak weight velocity and BMI at adiposity peak were associated with higher intima-media thickness (0.10 SDS; 95% CI: 0.06 to 0.13 and 0.08 SDS; 95% CI: 0.05 to 0.12) and lower distensibility (-0.07 SDS; 95% CI: -0.10 to -0.03 and -0.07 SDS; 95% CI: -0.11 to -0.03) at 10 years. For distensibility, current BMI explained these associations. Children within the highest BMI tertile at ages 2 and 10 years had the lowest distensibility (p < 0.05), but similar intima-media thickness, compared with children constantly within the middle tertile. CONCLUSIONS: Infant weight growth patterns and childhood BMI are associated with subtle differences in carotid intima-media thickness and carotid distensibility at school age. For distensibility, current BMI seems critical. Follow-up is needed to determine whether these associations lead to adult cardiovascular disease. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. Obesity published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Obesity Society (TOS). FAU - Monasso, Giulietta S AU - Monasso GS AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Silva, Carolina C V AU - Silva CCV AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Santos, Susana AU - Santos S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0613-3181 AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Goncalvez, Romy AU - Goncalvez R AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Gaillard, Romy AU - Gaillard R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7967-4600 AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Felix, Janine F AU - Felix JF AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Jaddoe, Vincent W V AU - Jaddoe VWV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2939-0041 AD - The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220210 PL - United States TA - Obesity (Silver Spring) JT - Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) JID - 101264860 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Body Mass Index MH - *Cardiovascular Diseases/complications/etiology MH - *Carotid Intima-Media Thickness MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Humans MH - Obesity/complications MH - Prospective Studies MH - Risk Factors PMC - PMC9302666 COIS- The authors declared no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/07/21 CRDT- 2022/02/10 05:45 PHST- 2021/11/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/10 05:45 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - OBY23376 [pii] AID - 10.1002/oby.23376 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Mar;30(3):770-778. doi: 10.1002/oby.23376. Epub 2022 Feb 10.