Objective.—To study the relative and population-attributable risks of hypertension for the
development of congestive heart failure (CHF), to assess the time course of progression
from hypertension to CHF, and to identify risk factors that contribute to the development of
overt heart failure in hypertensive subjects. Design.—Inception cohort study. Setting.—
General community. Participants.—Original Framingham Heart Study and Framingham
Offspring Study participants aged 40 to 89 years and free of CHF. To reflect more …