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Diabetes and Heart Disease Risk in Blacks

Office of Patient Recruitment

Do You Know Your Risk for Diabetes and Heart Disease?

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A study at NIH is recruiting healthy African Americans and African-born individuals to better understand diabetes and heart disease risk in Black populations.

Study Details

  • Two visits to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
  • History/physical examination
  • Questionnaires
  • Blood draw
  • Compensation provided

Qualified Participants Must Be

  • Ages 18-70
  • African American or African-born individual

The NIH Clinical Center, America's Research Hospital, is located in Bethesda, MD, on the Metro Red Line (Medical Center stop).

More Information

NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment
800-411-1222
TTY users dial 7-1-1
Email: ccopr@nih.gov 
Or go online
Refer to NIH study # 99-DK-0002

Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)