Dietary Intake and Arterial Stiffness in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

ABSTRACT: Arterial stiffness is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease that is affected by diet. However, research understanding how these dietary risk factors are related to arterial stiffness during childhood is limited. The purpose of this review was to determine whether various dietary factors were associated with arterial stiffness in the pediatric population. Five databases were systematically searched. Intervention studies, cross-sectional and cohort studies were included that investigated nutrient or food intake and outcomes of arterial stiffness, primarily measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx), in the pediatric population (aged 0–18 years). A final 19 studies (six intervention and 13 observational) were included. Only two intervention studies, including a vita

SUBMITTER: Leed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180640 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature