TY - JOUR
T1 - The Framingham Heart Study and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease
T2 - A historical perspective
AU - Mahmood, Syed S.
AU - Levy, Daniel
AU - Vasan, Ramachandran S.
AU - Wang, Thomas J.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Paul Sorlie (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA) for his assistance in granting access to the Framingham Archives. We thank Gerald Oppenheimer (Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) for comments on the history of the Framingham Heart Study. This work was supported by NIH contract N01-HC-25195 .
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24084292
AN - SCOPUS:84896114187
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 383
SP - 999
EP - 1008
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 9921
ER -