Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R): Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study (MASALA)

Cohort Description

The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study is a prospective cohort of South Asians that aims to identify risk factors for heart disease in a large, growing Asian American subgroup. MASALA enrolled 906 South Asians in 2010-2013 and then added a new wave of 258 South Asian participants from 2017-2018, for a full cohort size of 1,164.

Data Being Submitted

• Wave 1 questionnaire data includes 3967 variables for up to 431 MASALA participants in C4R.
• Wave 2 questionnaire data includes 448 variables for up to 313 MASALA participants in C4R.
• Dried Blood Spot/Serosurvey data includes 7 variables for up to 248 MASALA participants in C4R.
• Derived data includes 43 variables for up to 528 MASALA participants in C4R.
• Phenotype data includes 113 variables for up to 429 MASALA participants in C4R.

• Type: Cohort
• Archiver: The database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP)