Risk factors for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic disease can be identified in young children

"The dysregulation of the proteins that influence risk of heart attack later in life, if we can reverse them in childhood,  then we can really make a huge dent in the cardiovascular disease burden that we see in adult populations around the world today," North said. " We need to do better screening in children, and if we see children who are at an elevated risk, the time to act is now."

Additional authors from UTHealth Houston include: Victoria Buchanan, PhD; Mohammad Y. Anwar, PhD; Absalon Gutierrez, MD; Miryoung Lee, PhD; and Kristin L. Young, PhD.

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Journal reference:

Landman, J. M., et al. (2026). Paediatric proteomic signatures of cardiometabolic disease-associated traits predict adult disease outcomes. Nature Metabolism. DOI: 10.1038/s42255-026-01589-7. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-026-01589-7