Predicting long-term cardiometabolic risk: Do childhood metabolomic signatures hold the key?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults represents a significant health and economic burden worldwide and particularly in Western societies [1]. Atherosclerosis is the main pathology behind CVD involving a chronic inflammation of the medium/large arteries, alongside lipid deposition within the sub-endothelial intimal layer of the vascular wall [2]. Atherosclerosis development can be predicted by several cardiometabolic risk factors including...