Jackson Heart Study
Sponsors
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHHD), formerly the Office of Research on Minority Health (ORMH)
Study Purpose
To conduct a prospective study of the environmental and genetic factors influencing the development of cardiovascular disease in African-American men and women.
Conditions Studied
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Heart disease
- Atherosclerosis
- Coronary Disease
- Hypertension
- Cerebrovascular disorders
Study Participants
African-American men and women, aged 35 years and older. The cohort is an expansion of the Jackson, Mississippi sit of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and is a partnership among three institutions: Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and the two federal agencies listed above (NHLBI and NCMHHD)
Study Chairs
Daniel W. Jones
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi USA
Bam Mehrotra
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, Mississippi USA
Robert J. Garrison
Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi USA
Study Start Date
October 1, 1996
Study Completion Date
May 30, 2005
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last updated 3/22/01
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