Strong Heart Study: 35 Years of Research Collaboration With American Indian Communities
Updated July 10, 2025

GUEST EDITORIAL
PEER REVIEWED
Fretts AM, Reese JA, Zhang Y. 35 Years of Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health and Well-Being in American Indian Communities: The Strong Heart Study and Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:250216.
ESSAY
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Initiating Research in Indian Country: Lessons From the Strong Heart Study
Howard BV, Lee ET, Welty TK, Fabsitz RR. Initiating Research in Indian Country: Lessons From the Strong Heart Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240505.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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Depression and Incident Hypertension: The Strong Heart Family Study
Santoni S, Kernic MA, Malloy K, Ali T, Zhang Y, Cole SA, et al. Depression and Incident Hypertension: The Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240230.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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Uranium Exposure, Hypertension, and Blood Pressure in the Strong Heart Family Study
Patterson KP, Gold AO, Spratlen MJ, Umans JG, Fretts AM, Goessler W, et al. Uranium Exposure, Hypertension, and Blood Pressure in the Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240122.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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Fabsitz RR, Reese JA, Leidner J, Klug MG, Zhang Y, Suchy-Dicey AM, et al. Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability as a Risk Factor for All-Cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Mortality, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among American Indians: the Strong Heart Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240512.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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Reese JA, Davis E, Fretts AM, Ali T, Lee ET, Umans JG, et al. Vitamin D Deficiency and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among American Indian Adolescents: The Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240354.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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Chen M, Miao G, Roman MJ, Devereux RB, Fabsitz RR, Zhang Y, et al. Longitudinal Lipidomic Profile of Subclinical Peripheral Artery Disease in American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240220.
RESEARCH BRIEF
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Two Modeling Strategies in Analyzing Clustered Time-to-Event Data: the Strong Heart Family Study
Willmott H, Gochanour C, Ding K, Reese J, Lee E, Zhang Y. Two Modeling Strategies in Analyzing Clustered Time-to-Event Data: the Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis 2025;22:240387. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd22.240387.