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Toward resolution of cardiovascular health disparities in African Americans: design and methods of the Jackson Heart Study.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2005
Taylor Herman A, Wilson James G, Jones Daniel W, Sarpong Daniel F, Srinivasan Asoka, Garrison Robert J, Nelson Cheryl, Wyatt Sharon B
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OBJECTIVE: The design, overall methods, and major phenotypes for the all-African-American Jackson Heart Study (JHS) are detailed. METHODS: Participants were enrolled from the three counties that make up the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area. Relatives of selected participants were recruited to develop a large, nested family cohort. Participants provided extensive medical and social history, had an array of...
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