The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC

This study is part of the collection SIMPLER - Swedish Infrastructure for Medical Population-Based Life-Course and Environmental Research , Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se) , NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Karl Michaëlsson - Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences orcid

Description:

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, osteoporos

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Subject area:

specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions, HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, Endocrinology and Diabetes (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

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

Principal organisation:

Uppsala University

Accessibility status:

Access to data through an external actor
Access to data is restricted

Homepage:

he Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC) homepage

Responsible department/unit:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Karl Michaëlsson - Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences orcid

Identifiers:

SND-ID:

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.

Description:

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, osteoporos

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Time period(s) investigated:

1987 — ongoing

Lowest geographic unit:

County (NUTS3)

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Women born 1914-1948 living in Västmanland or Uppsala County during 1987-1990

Time Method:

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.

Subject area:

specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions, HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, Endocrinology and Diabetes (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

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

Contact person for questions about the data:

Karl Michaëlsson

Is part of collection at SND:

SIMPLER - Swedish Infrastructure for Medical Population-Based Life-Course and Environmental Research

Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se)

NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden

Available documentation:

Questionnaire SMC 1987-1990 (Swedish)

Questionnaire SMC 1997 (Swedish)

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Publications

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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.

Link to publication list:

⇗ Publication list: Peer-Reviewed Original Articles based on SMC, 1999 - Feb 2017

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Dataset EXT 0018-001

The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1987 — 1990

Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects:

61433

Response rate/participation rate:

74%

Available documentation:

Questionnaire SMC 1997 (Swedish)

Dataset EXT 0018-002

The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC 1997

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1997

Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects:

39227

Response rate/participation rate:

70%

Available documentation:

Health questionnaire SMC 2008 (Swedish)

Dataset EXT 0018-003

The swedish mammography cohort, SMC 2008

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2008

Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects:

30621

Response rate/participation rate:

63%

Available documentation:

COSM and SMC questionnaire 2009 (Swedish)

Dataset EXT 0018-004

The Swedish mammography cohort, SMC 2009

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2009

Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects:

25332

Response rate/participation rate:

84%