Social Dominance, Gender, and Cardiovascular Reactivity
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo examine biopsychosocial processes that might contribute to the associations among social dominance, gender, and cardiovascular reactivity,.
Self-Scored Cardiovascular Disease Risk Appraisal
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo develop and test a self-scored cardiovascular disease health risk appraisal.
Lithium Countertransport and Blood Pressure In CARDIA and TOMHS
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo conduct ancillary studies of sodium-stimulated lithium counter-transport in the Chicago components of the Coronary Heart Disease Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort and in the Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study (TOMHS) cohort.
Epidemiology of Plasma Fatty Acids and Atherosclerosis
AtherosclerosisCardiovascular Diseases1 moreTo measure by gas-liquid chromatography the relative concentrations of all saturated and unsaturated fatty acids found in the cholesterol ester and phospholipid fractions of plasma from 4,000 subjects participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. The data were used to clarify the role of various fatty acids in atherosclerosis.
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in The NAS-NRC Twin Registry
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases5 moreTo analyze cardiovascular disease mortality and total mortality in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry using a new methodology that allowed for censored observations of outcomes, environmental covariates, and unmeasured genotype-environment interactions.
Smoking and Body Weight: Analysis of HHANES
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart DiseasesTo evaluate the relationships between smoking rate, gender, and body weight in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination I Survey (HHANES) I. Also, to evaluate the independent and additive contribution of smoking rate and fasting glucose on body weight in HHANES I and NHANES II.
CVD Nutrition Education for Low Literacy ESL Students
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart DiseasesTo promote cardiovascular health through nutritional education in a low literacy population enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses in the San Diego Community College District.
Stress Reduction and Prevention of Hypertension in Blacks
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo examine the role of Transcendental Meditation in stress reduction and prevention of hypertension in Blacks.
Psychosocial Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Swedish Women
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo study psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease in Swedish women.
IN CONTROL--Hypertension Reduction in Inner City Seattle
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases1 moreTo implement and evaluate with a randomized, controlled trial interventions to improve control of hypertension among inner city low- income and minority residents of Seattle.