Future of Families: Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults Cohort Study: Rationale, Key Questions, Study Design, and Participant Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood social determinants of adult cardiovascular health and potential mechanisms that link them are poorly understood. The FF-CHAYA (Future of Families-Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults) study is designed to address these knowledge gaps.

Methods

The FF-CHAYA sample is a subcohort of the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which enrolled 4897 mother-baby dyads at delivery beginning in 1998 to 2000 and collected extensive data on neighborhood, family, school, and behavioral exposures at birth and offspring ages 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, and 22 years. From 2021 to 2023, we performed an in-person examination on 1421 offspring, including obtaining questionnaire responses addressing health status and health behaviors, and performance of anthropometry, blood

SUBMITTER: Lloyd-Jones DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553432 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature