The Framingham Heart Study and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease: a historical perspective

On Sept 29, 2013, the Framingham Heart Study will celebrate 65 years since the examination of the first volunteer in 1948. During this period, the study has provided substantial insight into the epidemiology and risk factors of cardiovascular disease. The origins of the study are closely linked to t...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 383; no. 9921; pp. 999 - 1008
Main Authors: Mahmood, Syed S, Levy, Daniel, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Wang, Thomas J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.03.2014
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - history
Epidemiology
Epidemiology - history
General aspects
Health care
Health risk assessment
Heart failure
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
Internal Medicine
Library collections
Longitudinal Studies
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Medical prognosis
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Presidents
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Support as Topic - history
Risk Factors
Massachusetts
Heart
Medicine
Cohort study
Cardiovascular disease
Circulatory system
Epidemiology
Case history
Public health
ISSN:0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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Summary:On Sept 29, 2013, the Framingham Heart Study will celebrate 65 years since the examination of the first volunteer in 1948. During this period, the study has provided substantial insight into the epidemiology and risk factors of cardiovascular disease. The origins of the study are closely linked to the cardiovascular health of President Franklin D Roosevelt and his premature death from hypertensive heart disease and stroke in 1945. In this Review we describe the events leading to the foundation of the Framingham Heart Study, and provide a brief historical overview of selected contributions from the study.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3