Clinical trialNCT00005388CompletedObservational

Visceral Fat, Metabolic Rate, and CHD Risk in Young Adults

SponsorNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)Cardiovascular DiseasesCoronary DiseaseHeart DiseasesObesity

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Summary

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To measure visceral (intraabdominal) fat by computerized tomography (CT) scan and to measure resting metabolic rate by indirect calorimetry in 400 CARDIA subjects, ages 28-40 years (100 of each race/gender group) from the Oakland, California and Birmingham, Alabama centers.

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Investigators

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Stephen Sidney
Kaiser Foundation
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Sites

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Drugs studied

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 30 Sept 1995
Primary completion: —
Completion: 31 Mar 2004
Last update posted: 18 Feb 2016
Registered enrollment: —
Registry id: NCT00005388

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