Chronic kidney disease as a clinical model to identify novel approaches to prevent early vascular ageing

12M kr SEK

Funder	Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation
Recipient Organization	Karolinska Institutet
Country	Sweden
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Dec 31, 2023
Duration	1,094 days
Number of Grantees	6
Roles	Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator
Data Source	Swedish Research Council
Grant ID	`20200132_HLF`

Grant Description

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of death, intimately associated with burden of lifestyle diseases that accumulate with age among the general population.

In the adult Stockholm population accessing healthcare, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is more common than type-2 diabetes. We find that the majority of middle-age CKD patients (eGFR