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Youth Vascular Consortium
Safe People
University College London
Academic Institute
Chloe ParkDr Rachel ClimieTerence Fong
Safe Projects
B3727
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.
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.
05/03/2021