Framingham Heart Study

In epidemiology, the Framingham Heart Study was a cohort study that started in 1948 for the objective of:


 * "The objective of the Framingham Heart Study was to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to CVD by following its  development over a long period of time in a large group of participants  who had not yet developed overt symptoms of CVD or suffered a heart  attack or stroke."

The study was sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

Research that has emerged from the study includes:
 * Framingham risk score
 * Framingham congestive-heart-failure score