The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is a
multi-center investigation of predictors of cardiovascular disease
(CVD) in 5301 African Americans living in Hinds, Madison, and
Rankin Counties surrounding the Jackson, MS, metropolitan area. The
JHS was initiated in 1998 as a collaborative effort among three
Jackson-area academic institutions. At the close of the current
contracts in May 2013, the JHS will have completed three
back-to-back cohort examinations that have produced extensive
longitudinal data on traditional and putative CVD risk factors,
socioeconomic and sociocultural factors and biochemical analytes;
measures of subclinical disease from echocardiography, cardiac
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) scans of
the heart, aorta and abdomen; and stored biological samples. Eighty
percent (80%) of the surviving JHS participants (N = 4203)
completed Exam 2; projected retention for Exam 3 is eighty-six
percent (86%) (N = 4082). In addition, the JHS has conducted annual
cohort follow-up contacts for incident clinical events of interest,
a variety of community education and outreach activities to promote
healthy lifestyles to reduce disease risk burden, and
level-appropriate training programs to promote and support public
health research.
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