Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)

This study has been completed.

First Received: May 25, 2000 Last Updated: May 1, 2009 History of Changes

Sponsor:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00005133

Purpose

To determine the extent to which known risk factors predict coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, to assess the precipitants of coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, and to identify the predictors of mortality and functional impairments in clinical coronary disease or stroke.

Condition	Phase
Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary Disease Heart Diseases Cerebrovascular Accident Diabetes Mellitus Hypertension Heart Failure, Congestive	N/A

Study Type:

Observational

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Coronary Artery Disease Diabetes Heart Diseases Heart Failure High Blood Pressure

U.S. FDA Resources

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

Study Start Date:	June 1988
Study Completion Date:	May 2009
Primary Completion Date:	May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	65 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

No eligibility criteria

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005133

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Investigators

Investigator:	Gregory Burke	Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Investigator:	Linda Fried	Johns Hopkins University
Investigator:	John Gottdiener	Georgetown University
Investigator:	Ronald Klein	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Investigator:	Richard Kronmal	University of Washington
Investigator:	Richard Kronmal	University of Washington
Investigator:	Lewis Kuller	University of Pittsburgh
Investigator:	Daniel Oleary	Geisinger Foundation
Investigator:	John Robbins	University of California at Davis
Investigator:	Russell Tracy	University of Vermont
Investigator:	David Yousem	Johns Hopkins University

More Information

Additional Information:

For the complete bibliography, please refer to the Cardiovascular Health Study website This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	1003
Study First Received:	May 25, 2000
Last Updated:	May 1, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00005133 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Heart Failure
Metabolic Diseases
Heart Diseases
Cerebral Infarction
Myocardial Ischemia
Nervous System Diseases
Stroke
Diabetes Mellitus
Vascular Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases

Endocrine System Diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Brain Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Coronary Disease
Brain Ischemia
Cardiovascular Diseases
Brain Infarction
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Coronary Artery Disease
Hypertension

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 09, 2009