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Youth Vascular Consortium (YVC) protocol: establishing reference intervals for vascular ageing in children, adolescents and young adults
Citation
Fong, TS and Urbina, EM and Howden, EJ and Wallace, I and Park, C and Gall, SL and Salim, A and Boutouyrie, P and Bruno, RM and Climie, RE, Youth Vascular Consortium (YVC) protocol: establishing reference intervals for vascular ageing in children, adolescents and young adults, Heart Lung and Circulation, 30, (11) pp. 1710-1715. ISSN 1443-9506 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2021 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.107
Abstract
Background
In the last two decades, the global prevalence of paediatric hypertension increased by approximately 75%. Nearly 25% of children are now classified as obese or overweight. Substantial evidence suggests that risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) begin to develop in childhood, thus warranting the need for tools to better screen for early CVD risk in youth. Vascular ageing, the deterioration of vascular structure and function, may be a potentially useful tool for detecting the early and asymptomatic signs of CVD burden. However, it is currently unclear what differentiates normal from pathological ageing in youth as existing reference values for vascular ageing in youth are limited by small sample size or homogenous populations. The international Youth Vascular Consortium (YVC) has been established to address these issues.
Aims
The primary aim of the YVC is to develop reference intervals of normal vascular ageing in children, adolescents, and young adults. The secondary, exploratory, aim is to perform head-to-head comparisons of vascular ageing biomarkers to determine which biomarker is most strongly related to cardiometabolic health.
Study design
The YVC is a retrospective, multicentre study and will collate data on vascular ageing in children (5–12 years), adolescents (13–18 years) and young adults (19–40 years), as well as routine clinical biochemistry, lifestyle, sociodemographic factors and parental health.
Conclusion
To date, 31 research groups from 19 countries have joined the YVC. To our knowledge, this will be the largest study of its kind to investigate vascular ageing in youth.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | early vascular ageing, arterial stiffness, reference intervals, children, adolescents, young adults, cardiovascular health, childhood, vascular ageing |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Prevention of human diseases and conditions |
UTAS Author: | Gall, SL (Associate Professor Seana Gall) |
UTAS Author: | Climie, RE (Dr Rachel Climie) |
ID Code: | 149547 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2022-04-04 |
Last Modified: | 2022-08-30 |
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