Ngwa, Julius S.
Cabral, Howard J.
Cheng, Debbie M.
Gagnon, David R.
LaValley, Michael P.
Cupples, L. Adrienne
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (N01-HC-25195, HHSN268201500001I)
Article History
Received: 3 June 2020
Accepted: 13 January 2021
First Online: 10 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research protocols of the FHS are reviewed annually by the Institutional Review Board of the Boston University Medical Center and by the Observational Studies Monitoring Board of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Since 1971, written consent has been obtained from participants before each examination. Information about the content of the Framingham Heart Study research examinations is presented to the participants at each examination cycle in the text of the corresponding consent form and in a discussion with a trained admitting coordinator at the beginning of the scheduled appointment. Information from every completed consent form is coded and recorded in a database. Questions regarding the ethical conduct of research are presented by FHS investigators to the FHS Ethics Advisory Board. The Advisory Board reviews, discusses, and make recommendations regarding these questions.
: Manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data.
: There were no competing interests in the conduct of this study.