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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| R37HL061857 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | NIH |
To determine if risk factors measured in childhood can predict the development of atherosclerotic coronary and carotid artery disease in adulthood.
BACKGROUND:
Many young adult subjects have some degree of atherosclerotic coronary and carotid artery disease and experience no symptoms. As time passes, many die suddenly and unexpectedly and only limited therapeutic process begins in youth, a measure of the early manifestations of atherosclerosis may have the potential of identifying subjects at risk for premature coronary and carotid occlusive vascular disease when therapeutic options can be administered. Impaired brachial artery flow mediated dilatory (FMD) capacities have been shown to exist in children and young adults with hypercholesterolemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, diabetes and in those who smoke. Impaired brachial artery FMD has been shown to related to impaired endothelial function, which is an early manifestation of the atherosclerotic process. If impaired brachial artery FMD is a predictor of the process, then it may be used to non-invasively assess atherosclerosis early in its development and to evaluate the effect of therapeutic interventions.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
In this longitudinal study using previously studied members of the Muscatine study, measurements are made of contemporaneous risk factors, and brachial artery FMD, along with coronary artery calcification (CAC) and carotid artery intimal-medial thickness (IMT) (the latter two established measures of early atherosclerosis) and again three years later. The effort is designed to examine the following hypotheses: 1) Established risk factor levels measured in childhood, adulthood and across the years form childhood through adulthood are predictive of brachial artery flow mediated dilatory (FMD) capacities; 2) Putative risk factor levels measured in adulthood are related to the degree of brachial artery FMD, CAC and carotid artery IMT; 3) Brachial artery FMD, CAC and carotid artery IMTare related in adults; and 4) Brachial artery FMD is predictive of increased carotid artery IMT.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Flow-mediated dilatation | 1999 to 2008 |
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Participated in at least on school survey examination, at least one young-adult follow-up survey examination and the first Longitudinal Adult Cohort examination
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Muscatine Study Longitudinal Adult Cohort - representative sample of childhood participants from the 1970s
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ronald Lauer | University of Iowa | Principal Investigator |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 11811841 | Background | Tschirren J, Lauer RM, Sonka M. Automated analysis of Doppler ultrasound velocity flow diagrams. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2001 Dec;20(12):1422-5. doi: 10.1109/42.974936. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D003324 | Coronary Artery Disease |
| D002340 | Carotid Artery Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D003327 | Coronary Disease |
| D017202 | Myocardial Ischemia |
| D001161 | Arteriosclerosis |
| D001157 | Arterial Occlusive Diseases |
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Stored plasma and DNA samples
| D014652 |
| Vascular Diseases |
| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |