Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in The NAS-NRC Twin Registry

Obesity Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00005266
• Other study ID #: 1150
• Secondary ID: R03HL046115
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 25, 2000
• Last updated: March 15, 2016
• Start date: September 1990
• Est. completion date: September 1992

Study information

• Verified date: May 2000
• Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To analyze cardiovascular disease mortality and total mortality in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry using a new methodology that allowed for censored observations of outcomes, environmental covariates, and unmeasured genotype-environment interactions.

Description:

BACKGROUND:

Methodologically, statistical methods in genetics and epidemiology have developed largely independently; and as a result, there seemed to be little communication between the two fields. Some of the most important hypotheses regarding familial aggregation of chronic diseases related to gene-environment interactions which drew on both fields. The method of analysis used in this study dealt simultaneously with survival time nature of the outcome variable, multiple and continuous environmental risk factors, and correlation in outcomes between related individuals.

The study was supported by the Small Grants Program established by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in January 1990 to extend analyses of research data generated by clinical trials, population research, and demonstration and education studies.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Data available from two epidemiologic questionnaires administered ten years apart were used to determine the extent to which an increased familial risk in cardiovascular disease mortality among twins was mediated by similarities in behavioral risk factors such as smoking, diet, weight changes, physical activity, and socioeconomic variables. The contributions of genetic and environmental factors to twin similarities in health behavior were also examined.

The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS) record.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: September 1992
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: N/A to 100 Years
• Eligibility: No eligibility criteria

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Disease
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Heart Diseases
• Hypertension
• Myocardial Ischemia
• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

References & Publications (8)

Carmelli D, Cardon LR, Fabsitz R. Clustering of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity in adult male twins: same genes or same environments? Am J Hum Genet. 1994 Sep;55(3):566-73. — View Citation

Carmelli D, Heath AC, Robinette D. Genetic analysis of drinking behavior in World War II veteran twins. Genet Epidemiol. 1993;10(3):201-13. — View Citation

Carmelli D, Robinette D, Fabsitz R. Concordance, discordance and prevalence of hypertension in World War II male veteran twins. J Hypertens. 1994 Mar;12(3):323-8. — View Citation

Carmelli D, Selby JV, Quiroga J, Reed T, Fabsitz RR, Christian JC. 16-year incidence of ischemic heart disease in the NHLBI twin study. A classification of subjects into high- and low-risk groups. Ann Epidemiol. 1994 May;4(3):198-204. — View Citation

Carmelli D, Swan GE, Cardon LR. Genetic mediation in the relationship of education to cognitive function in older people. Psychol Aging. 1995 Mar;10(1):48-53. — View Citation

Carmelli D, Swan GE, Robinette D, Fabsitz R. Genetic influence on smoking--a study of male twins. N Engl J Med. 1992 Sep 17;327(12):829-33. — View Citation

Carmelli D, Swan GE, Robinette D. The relationship between quitting smoking and changes in drinking in World War II veteran twins. J Subst Abuse. 1993;5(2):103-16. — View Citation

Swan GE, Carmelli D. Characteristics associated with excessive weight gain after smoking cessation in men. Am J Public Health. 1995 Jan;85(1):73-7. — View Citation