Framingham Heart Study - New Offspring Spouse Cohort (FHS NOS)
The FHS began in 1948 and aims to identify common factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease. The FHS has been expanded to become a multigenerational study and to include diverse populations so that risk factors in these different groups can be understood. The NOS cohort includes just over 100 participants who were children of the FHS Original cohort, are parents of the Third Generation cohort, and were not previously enrolled in the Offspring cohort in Massachusetts, United States of America. Participants began baseline assessment in 2003 and have participated in three exams in total. The most recent wave of exams ended in 2019.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
103 (participants)
Age at first data collection
47 - 85 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2003
Primary Institutions
Boston University (BU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
