Response - Letter to the Editor.

We thank the authors for their interest in our work and their letter highlighting the importance of diversity in research studies. We agree with the call for greater diversity in prospective cohorts to mirror the diversity of the current US population. Longitudinal data from cohorts such as the ones studied in the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project in our analysis offer the opportunity to examine long-term outcomes associated with key risk factors, such as fasting glucose levels. Of the six NHLBI cohorts included in our study, one began enrollment in 1948 (Framingham Heart Study), one in 1971 (Framingham Offspring Study), and three from 1985 to 1989 (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adult Study, and Cardiovascular Health Study). The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis began enrollment in 2000 and in fact included Hispanic and Chinese Americans. Another Reminder of Health Care Disparities in Clinical Medicine: Lack of Representative Research DatabasesJournal of Cardiac FailurePreviewNone Full-Text PDF