Framingham Heart Study

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf longitudinal study
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Institutes_of_Health
gptkb:Boston_University_School_of_Medicine
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dataCollected gptkb:medicine
genetic data
laboratory tests
lifestyle information
physical examinations
gptkbp:field cardiology
epidemiology
gptkbp:firstCohortEnrolled 1948
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Boston_University
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
gptkbp:generationsStudied three
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Framingham Heart Study
gptkbp:impact basis for Framingham Risk Score
influenced public health guidelines
gptkbp:location gptkb:Framingham,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableFinds established link between high blood pressure and heart disease
established link between obesity and heart disease
established link between smoking and heart disease
identified major cardiovascular risk factors
established link between high cholesterol and heart disease
established link between diabetes and heart disease
established link between atrial fibrillation and stroke
established link between physical inactivity and heart disease
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Dawber_TR,_Meadors_GF,_Moore_FE._'Epidemiological_approaches_to_heart_disease:_the_Framingham_Study.'_Am_J_Public_Health._1951.
gptkb:Kannel_WB,_Dawber_TR,_Kagan_A,_Revotskie_N,_Stokes_J._'Factors_of_risk_in_the_development_of_coronary_heart_disease—six_year_follow-up_experience.'_Ann_Intern_Med._1961.
Kannel WB, Wolf PA, Benjamin EJ, Levy D. 'Framingham Study insights on stroke risk.' Stroke. 2008.
gptkbp:participants over 14,000
gptkbp:purpose study cardiovascular disease
gptkbp:secondCohortEnrolled 1971
gptkbp:startDate 1948
gptkbp:studyType longitudinal study
observational study
prospective study
gptkbp:thirdCohortEnrolled 2002
gptkbp:website https://framinghamheartstudy.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Framingham
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4