NCT00474643

Correlation of Hyperghrelinemia With Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Year – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by childhood-onset obesity and endocrine dysfunction that leads to cardiovascular disability and early death within the first 3 decades of life.To assess the significance of risk factors for future disabilities, carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured and correlated with known atherosclerotic risk factors in 27 children with PWS and 24 age-, sex-, and body mass index (BMI)-adjusted controls.

Detailed description

Main outcome measures: Correlation of IMT with age, standard deviation score of BMI (BMI-SDS), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), C-reactive protein, HOMA-IR and ghrelin.

Conditions

• Prader Willi Syndrome
• Obesity

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-08-01
• Completion: 2006-12-01
• First posted: 2007-05-17
• Last updated: 2007-05-17