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Youth Vascular Consortium

Safe People

Organisation name

University College London

Organisation sector

Academic Institute

Applicant name(s)

Chloe ParkDr Rachel ClimieTerence Fong

Safe Projects

Project ID

B3727

Lay summary

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly one-third of all deaths, and poses a major economic burden to the global healthcare system. Thus, the prevention of CVD is a public health priority and identifying individuals at increased cardiovascular risk at an early stage is of paramount importance for minimising disease progression.

Public benefit statement

There are several expected outcomes from this consortium including: • The establishment of a collated databank containing study data from collaborators worldwide. • The establishment of reference values for vascular ageing in children, adolescents and young adults. • The identification of risk factors that contribute to early vascular ageing in the younger population. • The development of a predictive index of early vascular ageing in children, adolescents and young adults, based on identified risk factors. • A head-to-head comparison between different techniques used to determine vascular ageing in children, adolescents and young adults. The results of the consortium will be instrumental to clinicians in preventing the development of overt CVD later in life.

Latest approval date

05/03/2021