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. 2015 Oct;44(5):1557-64.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv150. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

Data Resource Profile: The Cardiovascular Disease Lifetime Risk Pooling Project

John T Wilkins  1 , Kunal N Karmali  2 , Mark D Huffman  2 , Norrina B Allen  2 , Hongyan Ning  2 , Jarett D Berry  3 , Daniel B Garside  4 , Alan Dyer  2 , Donald M Lloyd-Jones  2
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Data Resource Profile: The Cardiovascular Disease Lifetime Risk Pooling Project

John T Wilkins et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Oct.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Geographical locations of cohorts included in the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project. Locations (city and state) of the examination sites for each cohort study included in the LRPP. If statewide data were used without a specific examination site, city is not listed. Nationwide cohorts are listed separately in box on top left. Puerto Rico Heart Health is not shown on map for space considerations. ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; CHS, Cardiovascular Health Study; CHA, Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry; CARDIA, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults; EPESE, Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly; Kaiser Old, Kaiser Permanente Study of the Oldest Old; NHANES I EF, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; WHI, Women’s Health Initiative.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
(a) Follow-up time for each cohort included in the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project. Length of follow-up from initial year of enrolment to last year of follow-up data for each cohort. CHA, Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry; NHANES I EF, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study; Kaiser Old, Kaiser Permanente Study of the Oldest Old; EPESE, Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly; CARDIA, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults; ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; CHS, Cardiovascular Health Study; WHI, Women’s Health Initiative; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. (b) Follow-up time for each cohort included in the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project. Cumulative years of follow-up for each cohort with sampling frequencies (depicted by vertical white bars). Cohort abbreviations as outlined above in figure 2a; y, years.
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