Hispanic and White Women's Cardiovascular Health

This study has been completed.

First Received: May 25, 2000 Last Updated: June 23, 2005 History of Changes

Sponsored by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00005477

Purpose

To elucidate the influence of ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) on women's cardiovascular health, using recently completed risk factor and mortality data from the Stanford Five-City Project.

Condition
Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases

MedlinePlus related topics: Heart Diseases

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Natural History

Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Study Start Date:	September 1996
Estimated Study Completion Date:	August 1998

Detailed Description:

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Two data sets were used to evaluate the specific aims: (1) survey risk factor data (e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol, blood lipids, smoking, etc.) on over 4500 girls and women; and (2) surveillance mortality data on over 1800 women.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

No eligibility criteria

Contacts and Locations

No Contacts or Locations Provided

More Information

Publications:

Behera SK, Winkleby MA, Collins R. Low awareness of cardiovascular disease risk among low-income African-American women. Am J Health Promot. 2000 May-Jun;14(5):301-5, iii.

Study ID Numbers:	4961
Study First Received:	May 25, 2000
Last Updated:	June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00005477 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Heart Diseases

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 07, 2009