From: The Haiti cardiovascular disease cohort: study protocol for a population-based longitudinal cohort
Study Measures | Study Visit | ||||
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0 M | 6 M | 12 M | 6 M | 24 M | |
Individual Characteristics | |||||
 Locator information | X |  | X |  | X |
 Sociodemographics: age, sex | X |  |  |  |  |
 Socioeconomic factors: income, education, occupation, marital status, children | X |  |  |  |  |
 Medical History: history of CVD risk factors, CVD, HIV, tuberculosis | X |  |  |  |  |
 Family History: stroke or MI in parents and 4 oldest siblings | X |  |  |  |  |
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 Medications: complete list taken in the last 2 weeks prescription, non-prescription, and herbal or traditional medicine | X |  | X |  | X |
 Health behaviors: current tobacco smoking and number of pack years [48], alcohol (number of alcoholic beverages consumed per day and week using NIDA cutoffs by gender [52,53,54,55]), physical activity (WHO Global Physical Activity Questionnaire [56]) | X |  | X |  | X |
 Places lived | X |  | X |  | X |
 Diet: WHO STEPS Diet Survey [48] | X |  | X |  | X |
 Negative emotions: Depression (PHQ-9), Stress (Perceived Stress Scale-4) [57, 58] | X |  |  |  | X |
 Health access/utilization: hospitalization and clinic visits | X |  | X |  | X |
Social Characteristics | |||||
 Household demographics and socioeconomic factors: family size, dependents, family income, housing stability | X |  |  |  |  |
 Household Food Insecurity: Short Form Household Food Security Scale [59] | X |  |  |  | X |
 Social isolation: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support [60] | X |  |  |  | X |
 Neighborhood stress and violence: Neighborhood Collective Efficacy [61, 62], City Stress Inventory [63, 64] | X |  |  |  | X |
 Traditional medicine practices | X |  |  |  | X |
Environmental Characteristics | |||||
 Water and Sanitation: clean water, indoor plumbing, latrine | X |  |  |  |  |
 Electricity | X |  |  |  |  |
 Indoor cooking and type of cooking | X |  |  |  |  |
 Lead exposure history: lead paint, cookware, occupation | X |  | X |  | X |
 Crowding: population density of neighborhood using IHSI census data [65] | X |  |  |  |  |
Clinical Measures | |||||
 Physiologic measures: height, weight, waist circumference, left arm circumference | X |  | X |  | X |
 Blood pressure (BP): every 6 months in clinic or community | X | X | X | X | X |
 Electrocardiogram | X |  |  |  | X |
 Echocardiogram: performed on participants with signs or symptoms of heart failure, MI, stroke, or hypertension and 300 participants without symptoms | X |  |  |  | X |
 Biologic specimens: fasting blood, urine (albuminuria, cholesterol, creatinine, CRP, glucose, hemoglobin, HIV, lead level, lipids, white blood cells) | X |  |  |  | X |
 Biobanked specimens: whole blood, plasma, serum, urine, stool sample at enrollment and only blood will be collected at 24 months. | X |  |  |  | X |
 CVD symptoms and event screening: WHO Angina Questionnaire [66, 67], Questionnaire to Verify Stroke-free Status [67], and self-reported CVD events | X |  | X |  | X |
 Medical record abstraction: diagnoses codes (ICD-9), laboratory measures, diagnostic imaging, and cause of death among participants who receive clinical care from the GHESKIO clinic, a GHESKIO-affiliated hospital, or other health facility |
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