Abstract
Over 73,700 adults age 40-79, nearly 70% African American, were recruited at community health centers across 12 southeastern states; individual characteristics were recorded and biologic specimens collected at baseline for later follow-up. The Southern Community Cohort Study is a unique national resource for assessing determinants of racial/ethnic differentials in diseases.
MeSH terms
- Adult
- Aged
- Black or African American / statistics & numerical data*
- Blood Specimen Collection
- Cardiovascular Diseases / ethnology
- Chronic Disease
- Cohort Studies
- Community Health Centers
- Community-Institutional Relations
- Cooperative Behavior
- Diabetes Mellitus / ethnology
- Female
- Health Status Disparities*
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms / ethnology*
- Patient Selection
- Southeastern United States / epidemiology
- Stroke / ethnology
- White People / statistics & numerical data*