• Malmö Offspring Study

The steering group for Malmö Offspring Study: Peter Nilsson, Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Internal Medicine Research Unit Olle Melander, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine Jan Nilsson, Lund ...

• SHEEP - Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program

SHEEP (the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program) is a population based case-referent study of risk factors for first episode of acute myocardial infarction in women and men in the ages 45-70 years living in the Stockholm...

• Swedish Twin Registry

STR has been based at the Karolinska Institutet since 1959, first at the Institution of Hygien and thereafter at Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MEB. STR was originally created primarily to study the importance ...

• Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study (UBCoS)

The unique multigenerational data base, Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study (UBCoS), was established in 2004 by combining existing data on a representative and well-defined cohort of 14,192 males and females born ...

• Sleep and Health in Men (SHM)

Sleep and Health in Men (SHM) started in 1984 when participants were first investigated with postal questionnaires and a subgroup underwent full whole-night polysomnography. At that time this was the first population-bas...

• Uppsala Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

The primary cause to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is still unknown. The study is a prospective population-based case-control study which aims to find biomarkers for the cause and progression of the disease and consequ...

• Project X-69

Health assessments were performed on subjects living in a city area. In total was 24 179 invited and 18 543 responded. Of the responders were 5 885 later examined. The results of the ECG, X-ray and medical examinations c...

• Värmland Health Survey

A population-based health survey was carried out between 1962 and 1965 in the county of Värmland, Sweden. In total, 47,468 men and 48,079 women participated (mean age 48.7 years, range 22-99 years). The screening consist...

• Westmannia Cardiovascular Risk Factors Study

In the county of Västmanland (Latin: Westmannia), situated about 100 km west of Stockholm, the Westmannia Cardiovascular Risk Factors Study (WICTORY) was started in 1989 by the County Council of Västmanland with the aim ...

• LifeGene

LifeGene is a prospective cohort study with longitudinal follow-up, the goal of which is to collect and make available data and samples from 250,000 Swedes. The cohort is a national cohort, with the 6 Swedish universitie...