This landmark 35-year study describes the distribution of coronary heart disease risk factors in a biracial cohort of men and women aged 18 to 30 years at entry; and identifies habits, behaviors and lifestyles that are associated with initial levels of risk factors, with the evolution of risk factors, and increasingly with clinical events.
Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA)
Investigator: Bhatt, Ankeet
Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute