Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: objectives and design.
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: objectives and design.
D. Bild,D. Bluemke,13 Authors,R. Tracy
2002 · DOI: 10.1093/AJE/KWF113
American Journal of Epidemiology · 3,918 Citations
TLDR
The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was initiated in July 2000 to investigate the prevalence, correlates, and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a population-based sample of 6,500 men and women aged 45-84 years for identification and characterization of CVD events.