Principal investigator(s):
Alicja Wolk - Karolinska Institute, Institute of Environmental Medicine
Abstract:
The Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC) is a large population-based cohort of over 60,000 women in the counties of Uppsala and Västmanland which is performed by the National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet . The general aim is to assess relationships between a number of modifiable factors (diet, vitamin supplement use, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, body weight, other anthropometric measures etc.) and the occurrence of several major chronic diseases. All women born 1914-1948 who were residing in Västmanland and Uppsala County and in the years 1987-1990 received an invitation to participate in a mammography screening programme were asked to answer a questionnaire about diet and lifestyle. Approximately 66,000 women answered the questionnaire. In the autumn 1997, a second survey was sent to these women to update the information about their eating habits. The study examine associations of environmental/modifiable risk factors with several cancer sites (e.g., breast, colon, rectum, endometrium, ovary, and renal cell cancer), myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis,
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Keywords:
Anthropometry, Life Style, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Failure, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Exercise, Population Surveillance, Osteoporosis, Tinnitus, Climacteric, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Drug Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Risk Factors, Women's Health, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Asthma, Fractures, Bone, Thrombosis, Bronchitis, Chronic, Breast Cyst, Breast Neoplasms, Crohn Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Cause of Death, Eczema, Reproductive History, Intermittent Claudication, Gallstones, Pregnancy, Cataract, Glaucoma, Dermatitis, Atopic, Health, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cholesterol, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Body Height, Body Weight, Angina Pectoris, Arthralgia, Uterine Neoplasms, Gastritis, Mammography, Menstruation, Migraine Disorders, Environmental Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Oral Health, Depression, Kidney Calculi, Kidney Neoplasms, Parkinson Disease, Contraceptive Agents, Psoriasis, Registries, Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, Smoking, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Sleep, Colitis, Ulcerative, Vitamins, Vertigo, Ovarian Neoplasms, Heredity, Hypersensitivity, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), NEAR - Towards a National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden, Cohorts.se
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Study number:
EXT 0018
Principal investigator(s):
Alicja Wolk - Karolinska Institute, Institute of Environmental Medicine
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Purpose:
The general aim of the Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC) is to assess relationships between a number of modifiable factors (diet, vitamin supplement use, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, body weight, other anthropometric measures etc.) and the occurrence of several major chronic diseases.
Abstract:
The Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC) is a large population-based cohort of over 60,000 women in the counties of Uppsala and Västmanland which is performed by the National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet . The general aim is to assess relationships between a number of modifiable factors (diet, vitamin supplement use, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, body weight, other anthropometric measures etc.) and the occurrence of several major chronic diseases. All women born 1914-1948 who were residing in Västmanland and Uppsala County and in the years 1987-1990 received an invitation to participate in a mammography screening programme were asked to answer a questionnaire about diet and lifestyle. Approximately 66,000 women answered the questionnaire. In the autumn 1997, a second survey was sent to these women to update the information about their eating habits. The study examine associations of environmental/modifiable risk factors with several cancer sites (e.g., breast, colon, rectum, endometrium, ovary, and renal cell cancer), myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis,
... moreTopic classification:
Keywords:
Anthropometry, Life Style, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Failure, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Exercise, Population Surveillance, Osteoporosis, Tinnitus, Climacteric, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Drug Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Risk Factors, Women's Health, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Asthma, Fractures, Bone, Thrombosis, Bronchitis, Chronic, Breast Cyst, Breast Neoplasms, Crohn Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Cause of Death, Eczema, Reproductive History, Intermittent Claudication, Gallstones, Pregnancy, Cataract, Glaucoma, Dermatitis, Atopic, Health, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cholesterol, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Body Height, Body Weight, Angina Pectoris, Arthralgia, Uterine Neoplasms, Gastritis, Mammography, Menstruation, Migraine Disorders, Environmental Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Oral Health, Depression, Kidney Calculi, Kidney Neoplasms, Parkinson Disease, Contraceptive Agents, Psoriasis, Registries, Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, Smoking, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Sleep, Colitis, Ulcerative, Vitamins, Vertigo, Ovarian Neoplasms, Heredity, Hypersensitivity, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), NEAR - Towards a National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden, Cohorts.se
Time period(s) investigated:
1987 — ongoing
Collection events:
Lowest geographic unit:
County (NUTS3)
Unit of analysis:
Universe/Population:
Women born 1914-1948 living in Västmanland or Uppsala County during 1987-1990
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Sampling procedure:
Total universe/Complete enumeration
From 1987 to 1990, all women who lived in the Uppsala County of central Sweden and were born between 1914-1948 and all women who lived in the adjacent Västmanland County and were born between 1917-1948 received an invitation by mail to participate in a mammography screening program. A total of 66,651 (74% of the source population) returned a completed questionnaire on diet, weight, height, parity, and education. In 1997, a follow-up questionnaire was sent to all cohort members who were still living in the study area. Further follow-up was made during 2008-2009. The 2009 questionnaire was sent only to those who answered 2008.
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Publications
Harris H, Håkansson N, Olofsson C, Julin B, Åkesson A, Wolk A. The Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men: Study design and characteristics of 2 population-based longitudinal cohorts. OA Epidemiology;1(2):16, 2013.
Stackelberg O, Björck M, Larsson SC, Orsini N, Wolk A. Fruit and vegetable consumption with risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Circulation 128(8):795-802, 2013.
Wolk A, Larsson SC, Johansson JE, Ekman P. Long-term fatty fish consumption and renal cell carcinoma incidence in women. JAMA. 296(11):1371-6, 2006.
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Dataset EXT 0018-001
The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC
Kind of data:
Collection events:
1987 - 1990 (Self-administered questionnaire: paper)
Number of individuals/objects:
61433
Response rate:
74%
Dataset EXT 0018-002
The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC 1997
Kind of data:
Collection events:
1997 (Self-administered questionnaire: paper)
Number of individuals/objects:
39227
Response rate:
70%
Dataset EXT 0018-003
The swedish mammography cohort, SMC 2008
Kind of data:
Collection events:
2008 (Self-administered questionnaire: paper)
Number of individuals/objects:
30621
Response rate:
63%
Dataset EXT 0018-004
The Swedish mammography cohort, SMC 2009
Kind of data:
Collection events:
2009 (Self-administered questionnaire: paper)
Number of individuals/objects:
25332
Response rate:
84%