Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Participants in Large Epidemiologic Cohort Studies Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Name of Cohort Study	Year of First Examination	Number of Participants	Percentage Female	Participant Distribution by Race or Ethnicity	Cohort Study Web Site
Framingham Heart Study Original Cohort	1948	5,209	55%	White (100%)	www.framinghamheartstudy.org
Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort	1971	5,124	52%	White (100%)	www.framinghamheartstudy.org
Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults	1985	5,115	54.5%	White (48.5%); Black (51.5%)	www.cardia.dopm.uab.edu
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities	1987	15,792	55%	White (73%); Black (27%)	www2.cscc.unc.edu/aric/
Cardiovascular Health Study	1989	5,888	42%	White (84%); Black (16%)	www.chs-nhlbi.org
Strong Heart Study	1989	4,549	41%	American Indians (100%)	https://strongheartstudy.org/
Women’s Health Initiative*	1991	161,808	100%	White (83%); Black (9%); Asian (3%)	www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/
Jackson Heart Study	2000	5,306	63%	Black (100%)	https://www.jacksonheartstudy.org/
Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis	2000	6,814	53%	White (39%); Black (28%): Hispanic (22%); Chinese (12%)	www.mesa-nhlbi.org
Framingham Heart Study Generation 3	2002	4,095	47%	White (100%)	www.framinghamheartstudy.org
Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos	2008	16,415	60%	Hispanic (100%)	www.cscc.unc.edu/hchs

^*The Women’s Health Initiative initially had both observational and clinical trial components; the clinical trial was later converted to a follow-up observational study after trial termination; limited to female participants (all other studies on this list recruited both male and female subject