Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease in Men Aged 40 and Over

NCT00069797 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 1233R01HL068200-05
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,027
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To examine whether the prevalence of subclinical coronary and aortic atherosclerotic disease is different among Japanese in Japan, Japanese in Hawaii, and black and white Americans.

Conditions

Atherosclerosis; Coronary Arteriosclerosis; Coronary Disease; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Intima-media thickness of the carotid artery as well as coronary artery calcification

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Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 49 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Male community members from geographically defined areas (Pittsburgh, PA, Honolulu, HI, and Japan)

You may qualify if:

• \- Men aged 40-49 at the time of enrollment

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals with clinical cardiovascular disease (coronary heart disease, stroke), and other severe disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

130 North Bellefield Avenue, Suite 546

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

Location

Related Publications (15)

• Sekikawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, Kanda H, Edmundowicz D, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Curb JD, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. [Electron-beam computed tomography for identification of high-risk persons in primary prevention of coronary heart disease in the United States and its implication for Japan]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 2003 Mar;50(3):183-93. Japanese.

  PMID: 12704831 BACKGROUND

• Sekikawa A, Horiuchi BY, Edmundowicz D, Ueshima H, Curb JD, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Kashiwagi A, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Nakamura Y, Rodriguez BL, Kuller LH. A "natural experiment" in cardiovascular epidemiology in the early 21st century. Heart. 2003 Mar;89(3):255-7. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.3.255.

  PMID: 12591821 BACKGROUND

• Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Zaky WR, Kadowaki T, Edmundowicz D, Okamura T, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Nakamura Y, Egawa K, Kanda H, Kashiwagi A, Kita Y, Maegawa H, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Nishio Y, Tamaki S, Ueno Y, Kuller LH. Much lower prevalence of coronary calcium detected by electron-beam computed tomography among men aged 40-49 in Japan than in the US, despite a less favorable profile of major risk factors. Int J Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;34(1):173-9. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyh285. Epub 2004 Nov 24.

  PMID: 15563587 RESULT

• Takamiya T, Kadowaki T, Zaky WR, Ueshima H, Evans RW, Okamura T, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, Kita Y, Tracy RP, Kuller LH, Sekikawa A. The determinants of plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels differ for American and Japanese men aged 40-49. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2006 May;72(2):176-82. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.10.015. Epub 2005 Dec 1.

  PMID: 16325297 RESULT

• Kadowaki T, Sekikawa A, Murata K, Maegawa H, Takamiya T, Okamura T, El-Saed A, Miyamatsu N, Edmundowicz D, Kita Y, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Japanese men have larger areas of visceral adipose tissue than Caucasian men in the same levels of waist circumference in a population-based study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Jul;30(7):1163-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803248. Epub 2006 Jan 31.

  PMID: 16446744 RESULT

• Kadowaki T, Sekikawa A, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Kashiwagi A, Zaky WR, Maegawa H, El-Saed A, Nakamura Y, Evans RW, Edmundowicz D, Kita Y, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity. Metabolism. 2006 Dec;55(12):1561-3. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004.

  PMID: 17142124 RESULT

• Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Sekikawa A, Murata K, Miyamatsu N, Nakamura Y, El-Saed A, Kashiwagi A, Maegawa H, Nishio Y, Takamiya T, Kanda H, Mitsunami K, Kita Y, Edmundowicz D, Tamaki S, Tsujita Y, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Alcohol consumption and coronary artery calcium in middle-aged Japanese men. Am J Cardiol. 2006 Jul 15;98(2):141-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.01.095. Epub 2006 May 19.

  PMID: 16828581 RESULT

• Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, Kadowaki T, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Edmundowicz D, Shin C, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, El-Saed A, Okamura T, White R, Curb JD. Coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and Hawaii. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 1;166(11):1280-7. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwm201. Epub 2007 Aug 28.

  PMID: 17728270 RESULT

• Nakamura Y, Ueno Y, Tamaki S, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Kita Y, Miyamatsu N, Sekikawa A, Takamiya T, El-Saed A, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Ueshima H. Fish consumption and early atherosclerosis in middle-aged men. Metabolism. 2007 Aug;56(8):1060-4. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.03.014.

  PMID: 17618950 RESULT

• Matsunaga-Irie S, Ueshima H, Zaky WR, Kadowaki T, Evans RW, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Kita Y, Kuller LH, Sekikawa A. Serum ghrelin levels are higher in Caucasian men than Japanese men aged 40-49 years. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2007 Jul;9(4):591-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2006.00627.x.

  PMID: 17587401 RESULT

• El-Saed A, Sekikawa A, Edmundowicz D, Evans RW, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kadowaki T, Choo J, Takamiya T, Kuller LH. Coronary calcification is more predictive of carotid intimal medial thickness in black compared to white middle aged men. Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb;196(2):913-8. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.02.009. Epub 2007 Mar 9.

  PMID: 17350026 RESULT

• Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Ueno Y, Evans RW, Nakamura Y, Edmundowicz D, Kashiwagi A, Maegawa H, Kuller LH. Intima-media thickness of the carotid artery and the distribution of lipoprotein subclasses in men aged 40 to 49 years between whites in the United States and the Japanese in Japan for the ERA JUMP study. Metabolism. 2008 Feb;57(2):177-82. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.08.022.

  PMID: 18191046 RESULT

• El-Saed A, Sekikawa A, Zaky RW, Kadowaki T, Takamiya T, Okamura T, Edmundowicz D, Kita Y, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Association of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 with coronary calcification among American and Japanese men. J Epidemiol. 2007 Nov;17(6):179-85. doi: 10.2188/jea.17.179.

  PMID: 18094516 RESULT

• Choo J, Ueshima H, Jang Y, Sutton-Tyrrell K, El-Saed A, Kadowaki T, Takamiya T, Okamura T, Ueno Y, Nakamura Y, Sekikawa A, Curb JD, Kuller LH, Shin C. Difference in carotid intima-media thickness between Korean and Japanese men. Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Apr;18(4):310-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.08.002. Epub 2007 Nov 5.

  PMID: 17983767 RESULT

• Choo J, Ueshima H, Curb JD, Shin C, Evans RW, El-Saed A, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Nakata K, Otake T, Miura K, Abbott RD, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Edmundowicz D, Kuller LH, Sekikawa A; ERA-JUMP Study Group. Serum n-6 fatty acids and lipoprotein subclasses in middle-aged men: the population-based cross-sectional ERA-JUMP study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May;91(5):1195-203. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28500. Epub 2010 Mar 31.

  PMID: 20357040 DERIVED

Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

Blood samples (serum and plasma), buffy coat for DNA

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Atherosclerosis; Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary Disease; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arteriosclerosis; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Myocardial Ischemia

Study Officials

• J. David Curb, MD, MPH

  Pacific Health Research Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Akira Sekikawa, MD, PhD, PhD

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Hirotsugu Ueshima, MD, PhD

  Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 1, 2003
• First Posted: October 6, 2003
• Study Start: September 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2008
• Study Completion: July 1, 2008
• Last Updated: January 15, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-01

Locations

US (1)