Site: https://www.framinghamheartstudy.org
Updated 5/30/22
Country: United States
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range:
- Early adulthood or midlife
- Aging adults
Number of participants at baseline: 5,209 in the original cohort
Year of initial enrollment: 1948 (original cohort)
Number of data collection waves: 32 in original cohort; data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being: Social support / integration / cohesion
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): Low
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): Moderate
Measures of physical health:
- Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
- Self-report medical history or medication use
- Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
- Biomarkers
- Genetics
- Adjudicated health outcomes
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers are required to apply to access this data.
No fees are required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Kornej J, Ko D, Lin H, Murabito J, Benjamin E, Trinquart L, & Preis S. (2022). The association between social network index, atrial fibrillation, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-11.