Rationale, design, and methods for Canadian alliance for healthy hearts and minds cohort study (CAHHM) – a Pan Canadian cohort study

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Paula J. Robson¹  John J. Spinelli²  Catherine Boileau³  Trevor Dummer³  Louise Parker⁴  Dipika Desai⁵  Natasa Tusevljak⁶  Jean-Pierre Després⁷  Eric Larose⁷  Matthias G. Friedrich⁸  Bartha Knoppers⁸  Russell J. de Souza⁹  Koon K. Teo^1,10  Sonia S. Anand^1,11  David Busseuil^1,12  Jean-Claude Tardif^1,12  Francois Marcotte^1,12  Paul Poirier^1,13  Scott A. Lear^1,14  Alan R. Moody^1,15  Sandra Black^1,15  Eric E. Smith^1,16  Sébastien Jacquemont^1,17  Philip Awadalla^1,18  Jack V. Tu^1,19 

[1] Alberta Health Sciences, Edmonton, Canada;BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;CARTaGENE, Quebec, Canada;Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada;Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada;Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada;Laval University, Québec, Canada;McGill University, Montréal, Canada;McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada;Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Canada;Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, Canada;Laval University, Québec, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada;Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada;University of Cagary, Calgary, Canada;University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada;University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada;

关键词: Regional Wall Motion Abnormality;    Montreal Heart Institute;    Dallas Heart Study;    Nations Cohort;    German National Cohort;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-3310-8

 received in 2016-05-20, accepted in 2016-07-08,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) is a pan-Canadian, prospective, multi-ethnic cohort study being conducted in Canada. The overarching objective of the CAHHM is to understand the association of socio-environmental and contextual factors (such as societal structure, activity, nutrition, social and tobacco environments, and access to health services) with cardiovascular risk factors, subclinical vascular disease, and cardiovascular and other chronic disease outcomes.Methods/DesignParticipants between 35 and 69 years of age are being recruited from existing cohorts and a new First Nations Cohort to undergo a detailed assessment of health behaviours (including diet and physical activity), cognitive function, assessment of their local home and workplace environments, and their health services access and utilization. Physical measures including weight, height, waist/hip circumference, body fat percentage, and blood pressure are collected. In addition, eligible participants undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, heart, carotid artery and abdomen to detect early subclinical vascular disease and ectopic fat deposition.DiscussionCAHHM is a prospective cohort study designed to investigate the impact of community level factors, individual health behaviours, and access to health services, on cognitive function, subclinical vascular disease, fat distribution, and the development of chronic diseases among adults living in Canada.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2016