RecruitingNot Applicable

The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium

Germany3,000,000 participantsStarted 2019-09-20

Plain-language summary

The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium (GCVRC) brings together harmonized individual-level data from currently more than 2 million (anticipated: approximately 3 million) individuals across 133 cohorts, 40 countries, and 6 continents, with recruitment ongoing. The GCVRC examines the impact of classical cardiovascular risk factors-such as body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, current smoking, and diabetes-on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death from any cause worldwide.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Population-based individual-level data with available information on the classical cardiovascular risk factors including body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, current smoking, and diabetes, as well as the outcomes of interest. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with age below 18 years * No information on the outcome of interest * No information on the exposure of interest (CVD risk factors) * History of CVD at baseline

What they're measuring

Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Timeframe: Median follow-up of 7-10 years

Death from any cause

Timeframe: Median follow-up of 7-10 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05466825

SponsorUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2027-12-31

Contact for this trial

Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Blankenberg

+49 (0)40 741056800 s.blankenberg@uke.de

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