Abstract ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) initiated community-based
surveillance in 1987 for myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence …

Background—Death rates for coronary heart disease have been declining in the United
States, but the reasons for this decline are not clear. One factor that could contribute to this …

The community surveillance component of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)
Study is designed to estimate patterns and trends of coronary heart disease (CHD) …

Abstract Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) is a new prospective study to
investigate the etiology of atherosclerosis and its clinical sequelae and variation in …

This paper describes black/white differences in risk factors for atherosclerosis in the large
multicenter Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Project sponsored by the National …

This is a comprehensive narrative review of the literature on the current science and
evidence of population-level differences in risk factors for heart disease among different …

Background: Blacks have a higher incidence of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death (SCD)
in comparison with whites. However, the racial differences in the cumulative risk of SCD and …

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and the greatest contributor to
excess mortality among black Americans in the 1990s. 1–4 Rates of death from …

Background As part of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, the race-specific
incidence rates and risk factor prediction for coronary heart disease (CHD) were determined …

Objectives. We evaluated heart disease death rates among American Indians and Alaska
Natives (AI/ANs) and Whites after improving identification of AI/AN populations. Methods …