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Charleston Heart Study - Predictors of Coronary Disease in Blacks

NCT00005165 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2016-02-18

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Summary

To examine the role of isolated systolic hypertension and other predictors of all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in elderly Blacks and whites of the Charleston Heart Study cohort of 1960 and to compare and pool those findings with the Evans County Heart Study findings in order to develop a logistic risk function for Blacks. Also, to identify predictors of physical functioning in older Blacks and whites and to prepare rosters of the off-spring of the Charleston cohort for future studies of genetic/familial influences on cardiovascular disease.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    lead NIH

Eligibility

Max Age
100 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1984-01-31
Completion
1995-03-31

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