Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

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gptkbp:instanceOf epidemiologist
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ARIC
gptkbp:ageRange 45-64 years
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkb:Minneapolis,_Minnesota
gptkb:Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina
Washington County, Maryland
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dataCollected gptkb:medicine
genetic data
blood pressure
lifestyle factors
lipid levels
gptkbp:focus gptkb:cardiovascular_disease
atherosclerosis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
gptkbp:participants about 15,800
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Aaron_R._Folsom
gptkbp:publishedIn over 2,000 scientific papers
gptkbp:purpose to investigate the causes of atherosclerosis and its clinical outcomes
gptkbp:sponsor National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
gptkbp:startDate 1987
gptkbp:studyType prospective cohort study
gptkbp:type biological samples
longitudinal data
imaging data
gptkbp:website https://sites.cscc.unc.edu/aric/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ARIC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6