Study overview
Overview
- Study title
- Center for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS)
- Study link
- https://www.carrsprogram.org/overview
- Participants enrolled
- 21,864
- Lead institute
- Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) / Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Dorairaj Prabhakaran (CCDC)
- Principal investigator profile
- Open profile
- Study design
- Prospective
- Location
- New Delhi & Chennai (Tamil Nadu New Delhi)
- Single / multiple sites
- Multiple Sites
- Key highlights
- The CARRS Cohort is a state-of-the-art, population-based cohort of South Asians to address existing and emerging questions related to cardio-metabolic disease. It Monitors 21,800+ adults since 2010 to understand unique pathophysiology and rapid progression cardiometabolic risk and disease.
- Reference paper 1
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9749725/
- Reference paper 2
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220963
Insights & criteria
Insights
- Inclusion criteria
- Permanently residing
- Exclusion criteria
- Pregnant women, Seriouasly ill and Bedridden individuals
- Socio‑demographic / economic
- Urban and Rural Setting
- Recruitment and timeline
- 2010-2016
- Follow‑up
- CARRS1
1st FUP (2011-13) Questionnaires data
2nd FUP (2013-14) Biospecimen and Questionnaires data
3rd FUP (2014) Questionnaires data
4th FUP (2016-17) Biospecimen and Questionnaires data
5th FUP (2017-18) Questionnaires data
6th FUP (2020-22) Questionnaires data
CARRS2
1st FUP (2018-20) - Keywords
- Adult, Cardiometabolic disease, Non Communicable disease
Details
Details
- Age group
- ≥20 years
- Gender
- Men & Women
- Scope
- National
- Category
- Adult and Aging Cohort