The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study is a prospective longitudinal epidemiological study conducted in four U.S. communities in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Minnesota. ARIC is designed to investigate the causes of atherosclerosis and its clinical outcomes, and variations in cardiovascular risk factors, medical care, and disease by race, gender, location, and date. ARIC...

The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) is an ongoing cohort study dedicated to identifying common factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is a collaborative project of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Boston University. In 1948, an original cohort of 5,209 men and women between 30 and 62 years old were recruited from Framingham, MA. An Offspring Cohort...

Data from the ongoing NYU Women's Health Study include biospecimens and survey data with variables concerning health conditions, reproductive history, and dietary habits. Between 1985 and 1991, the NYU Women's Health Study enrolled 14,274 women between the ages of 35 and 65 years old at the Guttman Breast Diagnostic Institute in New York City for a study of endogenous hormones, diet, and risk of breast...

This dataset was collected as part of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of intravenous rHuEpo (200U/kg daily for three consecutive days) on measures of platelet and endothelial cell activation, soluble Fas ligand, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) expression of angiogenesis signaling proteins. The study included 44 adults over 21 years...

The dataset includes a total of 757 patients with uncontrolled hypertension who were enrolled into the Task Shifting and Blood Pressure Control in Ghana (TASSH) study through 32 community health centers in Ghana. TASSH was a randomized controlled trial that compared the outcomes of 2 interventions to reduce systolic blood pressure (SBP): standard of care treatment available through public health insurance...

This dataset is a de-identified subset of data collected from the DIagnosing Systemic failures, Complexities and HARm in GEriatric discharges (DISCHARGE) study on medication reconciliation and its outcomes among patients above 64 years old who were discharged from Yale-New Haven Hospital, a tertiary care hospital, between 2009 and 2010 with heart failure, pneumonia, or acute coronary syndrome. Other...

The City Health Dashboard presents city- and/or census tract-level data for over 900 cities across the United States to describe population health within local contexts. Metrics included in the dashboard encompass five broad domains: health outcomes, social and economic factors, health behavior, physical environment, and clinical care. The underlying data originates from a combination of publicly-available...

The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study examines risk factors for heart disease among South Asians of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan descent in the United States to guide preventative measures and future treatments. Beginning in 2010, eligible South Asian participants between the ages of 40 and 80 were recruited from the San Francisco...

The Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD) was launched in 2023 to present actionable and nonpartisan data on health, drivers of health, and health equity for all 435 congressional districts across the United States and Washington DC. Like the City Health Dashboard, available metrics include health outcomes, social and economic factors, health behavior, physical environment, and clinical care...