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Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)
“the Framingham of the 1990’s” Two components:
⦁ Forsyth County, North Carolina (biracial) ⦁ Jackson, Mississippi (blacks) ⦁ Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota ⦁ Washington County, Maryland Defined geographical entities, well-delineated medical care referral patterns, black and white, urban and rural Demographics of ARIC study communities, 1980 Age-adjusted mortality rates* in ARIC study communities, 1980 Cohort study added to enhance ARIC community surveillance
Cohort study – more and better data:
Measure preclinical CVD (atherosclerosis) and CVD precursors