The primary objective of this study is to investigate risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in the elderly (aged 65-84). Both risk factors established in middle-aged populations and suspected risk factors will be examined. Since atherosclerosis is prevalent in the elderly, the study will focus on factors thought to induce clinically overt disease. It will do so in two ways: 1) It will assess the prediction of clinical disease from measures of preclinical disease, such as carotid atherosclerosis, left ventricular impairment, and arrhythmias or episodes of myocardial ischemia. 2) Since cardiovascular events may occur in elderly people as a result of health or life circumstances which may have changed in the months preceding the event, the study will contact participants at frequent intervals to evaluate their status with respect to concurrent disease, social support networks, stressful life situations, diet, physical activity and other risk factors. The study has three secondary objectives pertaining to the elderly populations: 1) to evaluate the factors associated with preclinical cardiovascular diseases (such as carotid atherosclerosis, left ventricular impairment and episodes of arrhythmia or myocardial ischemia); 2) to evaluate predictors of disability, institutionalization and mortality to participants who have CHD or stroke; and 3) to measure the utilization and impact of medical care services for CHD and stroke. The contractor shall serve as a Field Center for this study. The duties of the Field Centers include recruitment of an appropriate cohort, conduct interviews and clinical examinations, surveillance of the cohort, and data analysis.

Project Start
1988-06-01
Project End
1995-03-31
Budget Start
1992-09-17
Budget End
1993-06-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1992
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Davis
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
094878337
City
Davis
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
95618
Irvin, Marguerite R; Sitlani, Colleen M; Noordam, Raymond et al. (2018) Genome-wide meta-analysis of SNP-by9-ACEI/ARB and SNP-by-thiazide diuretic and effect on serum potassium in cohorts of European and African ancestry. Pharmacogenomics J :
Jo Hodonsky, Chani; Schurmann, Claudia; Schick, Ursula M et al. (2018) Generalization and fine mapping of red blood cell trait genetic associations to multi-ethnic populations: The PAGE Study. Am J Hematol :
Rosenberg, Michael A; Shores, Molly M; Matsumoto, Alvin M et al. (2018) Serum androgens and risk of atrial fibrillation in older men: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Clin Cardiol 41:830-836
Segna, D; Bauer, D C; Feller, M et al. (2018) Association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and change in bone mineral density in prospective cohorts. J Intern Med 283:56-72
Kraja, Aldi T; Cook, James P; Warren, Helen R et al. (2017) New Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475?000 Individuals. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 10:
Li, Changwei; Kim, Yun Kyoung; Dorajoo, Rajkumar et al. (2017) Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Average Blood Pressure in East Asians. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 10:e001527
Jiang, Z Gordon; de Boer, Ian H; Mackey, Rachel H et al. (2016) Associations of insulin resistance, inflammation and liver synthetic function with very low-density lipoprotein: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Metabolism 65:92-9
Aneke-Nash, Chino S; Dominguez-Islas, Clara; B?žková, Petra et al. (2016) Agreement between circulating IGF-I, IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3 levels measured by current assays versus unavailable assays previously used in epidemiological studies. Growth Horm IGF Res 26:11-6
Jensen, Richard A; Sim, Xueling; Smith, Albert Vernon et al. (2016) Novel Genetic Loci Associated With Retinal Microvascular Diameter. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 9:45-54
Chouraki, Vincent; Reitz, Christiane; Maury, Fleur et al. (2016) Evaluation of a Genetic Risk Score to Improve Risk Prediction for Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 53:921-32

Showing the most recent 10 out of 553 publications