Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA; Population Research Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Lancet. 2014 Mar 15;383(9921):999-1008. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3. Epub 2013 Sep 29.
On Sept 29, 2013, the Framingham Heart Study will celebrate 65 years since the examination of the first volunteer in 1948. During this period, the study has provided substantial insight into the epidemiology and risk factors of cardiovascular disease. The origins of the study are closely linked to the cardiovascular health of President Franklin D Roosevelt and his premature death from hypertensive heart disease and stroke in 1945. In this Review we describe the events leading to the foundation of the Framingham Heart Study, and provide a brief historical overview of selected contributions from the study.
2013 年 9 月 29 日,弗雷明汉心脏研究将迎来自 1948 年对第一名志愿者进行检查以来的 65 周年。在此期间,该研究深入了解了心血管疾病的流行病学和危险因素。该研究的起源与富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福总统的心血管健康及其 1945 年因高血压性心脏病和中风而过早去世密切相关。在这篇综述中,我们描述了导致弗雷明汉心脏研究成立的事件,并简要回顾了该研究的一些重要贡献。