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Honolulu Heart Program  

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  • The Honolulu Heart Program (HHP) is a prospective cohort of 8,006 Japanese American men living in Oahu, Hawaii, born between 1900 and 1919 (45 to 68 years old at the time of enrollment). The main objective of the HHP was to identify risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Honolulu Heart Program]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Honolulu_Heart_Program

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