This
is a prospective cohort study to determine risk
factors in heart disease. This is a study performed
in collaboration with the Institute of Population
Health, McMaster University, Canada, to conduct
a longitudinal study on established and novel
risk factors for chronic disease. It also looks
at the urban-rural divide and has presently
recruited about 10,000 subjects split evenly
between Bangalore urban, and a rural site in
PalamnerTaluk, Chittoor Dist, AP.The subjects
are between 35 to 70 years of age, and have
been well characterized for phenotype, and samples
of plasma stored for future biochemical analyses.
The study was initiated in 2000, and is now
in the second phase of follow up. |
