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TALK TITLE:
"The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort study: opportunities for health equity research"
TALK ABSTRACT:
The REGARDS cohort includes 30,239 Black and White community dwellers from the lower 48 United States recruited between 2003-7. Data include baseline and 10-year follow-up extensive survey data, anthropometrics, blood and urine samples, EKG, and at the 10-year follow-up, objective measures of physical functioning. Multiple data sets have been merged to these data, including US Census data, Medicare data, American Hospital Association survey data, etc. Follow-up is ongoing and reports of hospitalization trigger retrieval of medical records and expert adjudication of cardiovascular events. Longitudinal data on cognitive functioning are collected every 2 years. Examples of the kinds of health equity studies that are possible using these data will be shared at the seminar. CCHEq members are invited to use these data for their research.
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