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
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
... Show more..Subject area
HEALTH, Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
(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, cohorts.se, near - towards a national e-infrastructure for aging research in sweden, swedish cohort consortium (scc)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0018
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
... Show more..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
Data contains personal data
No
Subject area
HEALTH, Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
(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, cohorts.se, near - towards a national e-infrastructure for aging research in sweden, swedish cohort consortium (scc)
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Associated documentation
Publications
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.
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.
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.
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Dataset 1
The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
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
Dataset 2
The Swedish Mammography Cohort, SMC 1997
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
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
Dataset 3
The swedish mammography cohort, SMC 2008
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
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
Dataset 4
The Swedish mammography cohort, SMC 2009
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
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