The start of the study involved 5,209 men and women between the ages of 30 and 62 from the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, who had not yet developed symptoms of cardiovascular disease or suffered a heart attack or stroke.

Cigarette smoking, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure are linked to a higher risk of heart disease

Exercise is linked to a lower risk of heart disease and obesity.

High blood pressure is linked to high risk of getting stroke.

Postmenopausal women are at higher risk of heart disease compared to premenopausal women.

An increased in HDL cholesterol level could lower the risk of heart disease.

High blood pressure can potentially lead to heart failure.

Framingham Risk Score is published and identifies individual 10-year risk of heart disease.

The lifetime risk for heart disease is 50% for men and 33% for women once they hit the age of 40.

Individual with “high normal blood pressure” is also called prehypertension in medicine, which is defined as a systolic pressure of 120-139 mm Hg and/or a diastolic pressure of 80-89 mm Hg.

This group of individuals is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and 90% of them will have high blood pressure in their lifetime.

Obese people are at higher risk of Heart failure and the Obesity-related mortality risk is about 50%.

Blood pressure risk is predicted by serum aldosterone levels.

Blood pressure, blood triglyceride and cholesterol levels, age, gender, and psychological difficulties are only a few of the key CVD risk factors that have been identified over time via meticulous monitoring of the Framingham Study group. Investigations on the risk factors for other physiological disorders, such dementia, are ongoing. Also, researchers are looking at the connections between genetic patterns and physical characteristics.