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April 1, 1989American Journal of Epidemiology

The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communit (Aric) Study: Design and Objectives

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Population

16,000 adults aged 45-64 years from four US communities

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

Examined twice, three years apart

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Overview

ARIC cohort design supports community-based CV risk tracking; leaves open causal inferences from observational data alone.

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Population
16,000 adults aged 45-64 years from four US communities (Forsyth County, NC; Jackson, MS; suburbs of Minneapolis, MN; Washington County, MD)
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Outcome
Etiology of atherosclerosis and its clinical sequelae, and variation in cardiovascular risk factors, medical care, and disease by race, sex, place, and time

Describes the design and objectives of the ARIC study, a major prospective cohort investigating atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk factors in four US communities.

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A 1989 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d0dceb97b7d2d4f83d43ehttps://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115184
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