Subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults predicting cardiovascular disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Atherosclerosis. 2024 Mar 19:117515. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.117515. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Atherosclerosis is accompanied by pre-clinical vascular changes that can be detected using ultrasound imaging. We examined the value of such pre-clinical features in identifying young adults who are at risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).

Tracking of serum lipid levels from childhood to adulthood: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Atherosclerosis. 2024 Feb 27;391:117482. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.117482. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The utility of lipid screening in pediatric settings for preventing adult atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases partly depends on the lifelong tracking of lipid levels. This systematic review aimed to quantify the tracking of lipid levels from childhood…

Two-Year Trajectories of Dental Anxiety in Parents and Their Association with Parents’ and Children’s Oral Healthcare Procedures in FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

Dent J (Basel). 2024 Mar 7;12(3):72. doi: 10.3390/dj12030072. ABSTRACT We aimed to identify parents’ dental anxiety trajectories and the association of the trajectories with the number of parents’ and their children’s oral healthcare procedures in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Dental anxiety was measured with the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale…

Cryptorchidism and puberty

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024 Mar 12;15:1347435. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1347435. eCollection 2024. ABSTRACT Cryptorchidism is the condition in which one or both testes have not descended adequately into the scrotum. The congenital form of cryptorchidism is one of the most prevalent urogenital anomalies in male newborns. In the acquired form of cryptorchidism,…

Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and child brain responses to affective touch at two years of age

J Affect Disord. 2024 Mar 18:S0165-0327(24)00515-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.092. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Touch is an essential form of mother-child interaction, instigating better social bonding and emotional stability. METHODS: We used diffuse optical tomography to explore the relationship between total haemoglobin (HbT) responses to affective touch in the child’s…

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