Framingham Heart Study

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In epidemiology, the Framingham Heart Study was a cohort study that started in 1948 for the objective of:[1]

"The objective of the Framingham Heart Study was to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to CVD by following its development over a long period of time in a large group of participants who had not yet developed overt symptoms of CVD or suffered a heart attack or stroke."

The study was sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

Research that has emerged from the study includes:

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