PMID- 26118146
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150806
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1049-510X (Print)
IS  - 1945-0826 (Electronic)
IS  - 1049-510X (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Spring
TI  - Rationale and Design of the Echocardiographic Study of Hispanics/Latinos 
      (ECHO-SOL).
PG  - 180-6
AB  - BACKGROUND: Information regarding the prevalence and determinants of cardiac 
      structure and function (systolic and diastolic) among the various Hispanic 
      background groups in the United States is limited. METHODS AND RESULTS: The 
      Echocardiographic Study of Latinos (ECHO-SOL) ancillary study recruited 1,824 
      participants through a stratified-sampling process representative of the 
      population-based Hispanic Communities Health Study - Study of Latinos (HCHS-SOL) 
      across four sites (Bronx, NY; Chicago, Ill; San Diego, Calif; Miami, Fla). The 
      HCHS-SOL baseline cohort did not include an echo exam. ECHO-SOL added the 
      echocardiographic assessment of cardiac structure and function to an array of 
      existing HCHS-SOL baseline clinical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic data and 
      provides sufficient statistical power for comparisons among the Hispanic 
      subgroups. Standard two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography protocol, including 
      M-mode, spectral, color and tissue Doppler study was performed. The main 
      objectives were to: 1) characterize cardiac structure and function and its 
      determinants among Hispanics and Hispanic subgroups; and 2) determine the 
      contributions of specific psychosocial factors (acculturation and familismo) to 
      cardiac structure and function among Hispanics. CONCLUSION: We describe the 
      design, methods and rationale of currently the largest and most comprehensive 
      study of cardiac structure and function exclusively among US Hispanics. ECHO-SOL 
      aims to enhance our understanding of Hispanic cardiovascular health as well as 
      help untangle the relative importance of Hispanic subgroup heterogeneity and 
      sociocultural factors on cardiac structure and function.
FAU - Rodriguez, Carlos J
AU  - Rodriguez CJ
FAU - Dharod, Ajay
AU  - Dharod A
FAU - Allison, Matthew A
AU  - Allison MA
FAU - Shah, Sanjiv J
AU  - Shah SJ
FAU - Hurwitz, Barry
AU  - Hurwitz B
FAU - Bangdiwala, Shrikant I
AU  - Bangdiwala SI
FAU - Gonzalez, Franklyn
AU  - Gonzalez F
FAU - Kitzman, Dalane
AU  - Kitzman D
FAU - Gillam, Linda
AU  - Gillam L
FAU - Spevack, Daniel
AU  - Spevack D
FAU - Dadhania, Rupal
AU  - Dadhania R
FAU - Langdon, Sarah
AU  - Langdon S
FAU - Kaplan, Robert
AU  - Kaplan R
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 HL104199/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01HC65236/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01HC65235/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01-HC65237/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01HC65234/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01HC65233/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01HC65237/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01-HC65233/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01-HC65234/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01-HC65236/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - N01-HC65235/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Ethn Dis
JT  - Ethnicity & disease
JID - 9109034
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - *Echocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/*ethnology
MH  - *Hispanic or Latino
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Research Design
MH  - United States
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4561624
MID - NIHMS719365
EDAT- 2015/06/30 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/08 06:00
PMCR- 2015/09/08
CRDT- 2015/06/30 06:00
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ethn Dis. 2015 Spring;25(2):180-6.