Editorial: “Longitudinal changes in risk variables of insulin resistance syndrome from childhood to young adulthood in offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes: The Bogalusa Heart Study” by Srinivasan et al

Abstract

The Bogalusa Heart Study is a biracial (black and white) community-based investigation of the origins of cardiovascular disease which focuses on children, adolescents, and young adults using a multidisciplinary approach. This Study is a medical research treasure in which the investigators are systematically elucidating the origins of our country's major cause of death. Cardiovascular pathologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists have the overall goals to determine, at the earliest possible age, improved cardiovascular risk analyses, treatment paradigms, and, in the end, the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.