CHIMES (CVD)

Project objectives

Objectives

1. Study how heat and humidity relate to cardiovascular indicators in the SEACO population.
2. Compare participants with cardiovascular conditions and healthy controls using health, wearable and environmental assessments.
3. Examine housing and socioeconomic conditions, and assess the reliability of proposed wearable blood-pressure estimates.

Research approach

Research approach

This prospective study compares participants with cardiovascular conditions and healthy controls. It examines how heat and humidity relate to cardiovascular indicators, and how housing and socioeconomic conditions shape vulnerability. Investigating whether wearables can reliably estimate blood-pressure changes is a research objective, rather than an established device capability. The current SEACO project page lists this phase as 2025–2026; an older HEAT-CVD registry entry has different dates and should not be taken as the status of every study phase.

Setting: SEACO HDSS · Funder: Monash University Malaysia Internal Grant · Current local project listing: 2025–2026

Partners & connections

Partner institutions

Partner roles refer to the research and institutional connections documented in the linked sources.

Current status · 12 November 2026

Prospective cohort study · 2025–2026

The current SEACO project page lists a 2025–2026 prospective cohort study supported by a Monash University Malaysia Internal Grant. An older HEAT-CVD registry entry has different dates and is not treated as the status of every study phase. Wearable blood-pressure estimation remains a research question.

Publications & evidence

Related publications

No outcome paper specific to this cardiovascular study is identified in the reviewed library. The CHIMES protocol below describes the related monitoring approach, not cardiovascular study results.

Research settings

Research settings