%0 Journal Article %A Adibi, A %A Kelishadi, R %A Jahangard, N %T Comparison between carotid IMT of obese adolescents with normal group %J Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences %V 18 %N 65 %U http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-482-en.html %R %D 2008 %K Intima-media thickness, Atherosclerosis, Adolescence, Obese, Ultrasonography, %X Background and Purpose: Childhood overweight and obesity can be an underlying cause of atherosclerosis. An early stage of atherosclerosis is shown by intimal thickening. The purpose of this study is to evaluate intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries on 12 to18 years’ old obese children in comparison to control group. Materials and Methods: In a case-control study, height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglyceride, mean IMT of body and bulb of carotid artery (of both sides) were measured in eighty (40 obese & 40 normal), 12 to18 years old students. Data was analyzed by X2 and student - test in SPSS-15 analytical software at P %> http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-482-en.pdf %P 74-81 %& 74 %! %9 Research(Original) %L A-10-1-482 %+ %G eng %@ 1735-9260 %[ 2008