Jackson Heart Study

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1. Resource Description

   The Jackson Heart Study is the largest study in history to investigate the inherited (genetic) factors that affect high blood pressure, heart disease, strokes, diabetes and other important diseases in African Americans. The JHS is a large, community-based, observational study whose 5301 participants were recruited from among the non-institutionalized African-American adults from urban and rural areas of the three counties (Hinds, Madison, and Rankin) that make up the Jackson, MS, metropolitan statistical area (MSA).

2. PI

   Taylor, Jr., Herman A.

3. Topic

   hypertension

4. Topic

   cardiovascular system disease

5. Topic

   cerebrovascular disease

6. Topic

   diabetes mellitus

7. Study Population

   1,907 males out of 5,301 study participants

8. Study Population

   3,394 females out 5,301 study participants

9. Study Population

   5,301 men and women aged 21 years or older

10. Website(s)

    https://www.jacksonheartstudy.org/jhsinfo/

11. Funded by

    National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities

12. Funded by

    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

13. Funded by

    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

14. Performed by

    Jackson Heart Study