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Framingham Heart Study

Boston University School of Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

HDB-0162

A prospective cohort study that began in 1948 and now includes three generations with more than 15,000 participants and over 2 million biosamples collected over 78 years. Researchers access data through a formal application process via the Research Application Portal, with datasets available for cardiovascular disease, brain aging, metabolism, and genetics.

Category

Open dataset

Access

By application

Region

US — United States

Size

15,000+ participants over 3 generations

License / terms

NIH

Data types

cardiovascular health, clinical, genetic, biosamples, longitudinal

cardiovascular disease aging brain health genetics biobank longitudinal cohort

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Record HDB-0162 · last verified 2026-08-05 · listed in Open datasets

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