Human Life Course and the Biodemography of Aging
Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This renewal will provide detailed information on the impacts of infectious disease on cardiovascular health in a pre-modern population of forager-horticulturalists of South America experiencing similar demographic conditions as those in mid-19th century Europe. Investigation of arterial, heart and diabetic disease using modern clinical methods in a large sample of adults can reveal unique insights about the relative contributions of infection and inflammation, diet and activity. The results, combined with measures of aging and disease in other populations such as the U.S., Mexico and Indonesia, will help illuminate the role of infections on cardiometabolic disease.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R56
Start date: 2004-09-15
End date: 2017-08-31
Investigator: MICHAEL DOUGLAS GURVEN
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
Funded outputs count: 65
Funder award ID: R56AG024119
OpenAlex ID: G1981962350