Exploring cardiometabolic disease risk in young adults with intellectual disability

The findings of this thesis indicate that young adults with ID demonstrate increased prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors compared to those without ID. This thesis argues that screening for traditional, subclinical, modifiable health-related behaviours and environmental risk factors in young adults with ID could prove a useful tool in early detection of cardiometabolic disease in this cohort. It is of utmost importance to provide young individuals living with an ID with the means to improve their health and wellbeing, and to minimise inequalities in health outcomes.