The Northern Manhattan Study
Initiatives
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To investigate stroke risk factors in different race-ethnic groups. NOMAS is also committed to developing better stroke prevention programs to improve the health of the surrounding community.
- Start Year
- 1990
- Funding
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the General Clinical Research Center
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow-up was conducted at 6 months by telephone and then in person annually for 5 years.Information on vital and functional status, intercurrent symptoms, illness, or hospitalizationswas collected. Annual in-person follow-up visits were conducted at the medical center and included an interview, vital signs, and physical and neurologic examinations. Patients unable to come to the clinic were visited by a research assistant.
Marker Paper
Sacco RL, Boden-Albala B, Gan R, Chen X, Kargman DE, Shea S, Paik MC, Hauser WA. Stroke incidence among white, black, and Hispanic residents of an urban community: the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1998 Feb 1;147(3):259-68. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009445.
PUBMED 9482500
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 3,298
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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