Population
4,549 American Indians aged 45 to 74 at the initial examinations in 1989 to 1991
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1989-1991 to 1997-1999
Authors
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May warrant enhanced risk factor surveillance in aging American Indians; leaves open whether targeted interventions can alter trajectories.
Aging in American Indians is associated with unfavorable changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors, particularly hypertension and diabetes, which likely worsen morbidity and mortality.
Rhoades et al. (2007) studied this question.
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