Is exposure to parental smoking in childhood or adolescence associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness in young adults : evidence from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study?
These results show the pervasive effect of exposure to parental smoking on children's vascular health up to 25 years later. There must be continued efforts to reduce smoking among adults to protect young people and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease across the population.
Heart failure risk improves in obese patients in the long term after kidney transplant, but not as much as for nonobese patients. There is need for close monitoring and for new strategies to reduce HF risk in obese patients before and after transplant.