Bogalusa Heart Study
Initiatives
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Understanding the impact of vascular and metabolic changes on health throughout the lifespan.
- Start Year
- 1973
- Funding
- NIH Grants (AG-16592) from the National Institute of Aging, (HL-38844) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and from the American Heart Association.
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Examinations during childhood, with follow-up assessments every few years through adulthood.
Marker Paper
Berenson GS; Bogalusa Heart Study Investigators. Bogalusa Heart Study: a long-term community study of a rural biracial (Black/White) population. Am J Med Sci. 2001 Nov;322(5):293-300.
PUBMED 11876192
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 12,164
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.clersite.org/bogalusaheartstudy/