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National Growth and Health Study (NGHS)

NCT00005132 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2016-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine if the Black-white differences in the development of obesity in pubescent females were due to differences in psychosocial, socioeconomic and other environmental factors. Also, to determine whether differences in the development of obesity led to Black-white differences in other coronary heart disease risk factors, such as blood pressure and serum lipids.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Bruce Barton · Maryland Medical Research Institute

  • Paul Canner · Maryland Medical Research Institute

  • Stephen Daniels · Children's Hospital & Medical Center

  • John Morrison · University of Cincinnati

  • Z.I. Sabry · University of California at Berkeley

  • George Schreiber · Westat, Inc.

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1985-09-30
Completion
2000-03-31

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