Asthma is associated with carotid arterial injury in children: The Childhood Origins of Asthma (COAST) Cohort.

BACKGROUND:Asthma is associated with an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adults, but the impact of asthma and atopic conditions on CVD risk in children is less well established. We hypothesized that children in the Childhood Origins of Asthma (COAST) Cohort with asthma and atopic condi...

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Main Authors: Matthew C Tattersall, Michael D Evans, Claudia E Korcarz, Carol Mitchell, Elizabeth Anderson, Douglas F DaSilva, Lisa P Salazar, James E Gern, Daniel J Jackson, Robert F Lemanske, James H Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6160166?pdf=render