PURPOSE: Women veterans, like their male counterparts, are at increased risk for heart disease because they are more likely to be obese and smoke cigarettes than the general population. In order to develop clinical interventions that will improve risk behaviors among women veterans, we assessed their awareness of heart disease. The purpose of this study was to determine whether women veterans are worried about heart disease and to specify whether women with risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) are more likely to worry about heart disease compared to women without risk factors. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of women veterans receiving primary care at the Durham VAMC. We measured demographics, CAD risk factors, other medical conditions, and worry about heart disease. Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test and logistic regression analysis using worry about heart disease as the outcome variable. RESULTS: Overall, 409 women veterans completed the questionnaire (response rate 71%). We excluded women with heart disease (n=64) and incomplete data (n=17 PURPOSE: Blacks are less willing to donate cadaveric organs, the most common type of transplantation, but whether the same race differences exist for other donations is unknown. We compared patterns of race differences in willingness to donate cadaveric organs with those of becoming a living kidney donor and donating blood. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in Maryland via standardized telephone questionnaire using random digit dialing to identify households. Persons age 18 ± 75 years were randomly selected within households. Subjects were considered willing to become cadaveric donors if they had designated themselves as an organ donor on their driver's license, livingrelated donors if they were willing to donate a kidney to a sibling, and blood donors if they had previously donated blood. Using logistic regression we analyzed the independent effects of race on willingness to donate adjusting for demographic, clinical and attitudinal characteristics.