The Cohort of Swedish Men, COSM
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:
COSM is a population based cohort of men borned 1918-1952 (45-79 years old) who lived in the counties of Västmanland and Örebro in 1997. 48,860 of these 100,303 men (48.7%) responded and filled in a questionnaire with questions about lifestyle and enviroment such as diet, smoking and alcohol habits, physical activity at work and leisure time, use of diet supplementation and certain medication. There were also questions about subjectively judged health and different diseases and health problems for men only. It was also asked about cronic diseases as cancer (especially in prostate, colon, lungs and kidneys), myocardial infarction, diabetes, osteoporosis, cataract and obesity. In 2008 a new questionnaire with health related questions was sent to all participants, the participation rate was 77%. In 2009 they also got a questionnaire on lyfestyle. 90% of the participants answered. 2010 collection of biomaterials (blood, urine, fat biopsies) and antropometic measures started. More than 5,000 men are expected to have participate in the data collection, by the end of 2017.
The questionnaires used
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Keywords:
Cohort Studies, Hearing, Life Style, Heart Failure, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Exercise, Population Surveillance, Osteoporosis, Survival, Tinnitus, Urination Disorders, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Drug Therapy, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Medical History Taking, Work, Asthma, Fractures, Bone, Thrombosis, Bronchitis, Chronic, Crohn Disease, Eczema, Obesity, Leisure Activities, Intermittent Claudication, Gallstones, Cataract, Glaucoma, Dermatitis, Atopic, Health, Health Status, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cholesterol, Dietary Supplements, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Body Height, Body Weight, Angina Pectoris, Arthralgia, Lung Neoplasms, Drug Utilization, Gastritis, Migraine Disorders, Environment, Multiple Sclerosis, Oral Health, Depression, Kidney Calculi, Kidney Neoplasms, surgical procedures, Parkinson Disease, Prostatic Neoplasms, Psoriasis, Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, Disease, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Vision, Ocular, Sleep, Colonic Neoplasms, Colitis, Ulcerative, Vertigo, Heredity, Hypersensitivity, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), NEAR - Towards a National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden, Cohorts.se
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Uppsala University
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
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SND-ID: EXT 0015
Description:
COSM is a population based cohort of men borned 1918-1952 (45-79 years old) who lived in the counties of Västmanland and Örebro in 1997. 48,860 of these 100,303 men (48.7%) responded and filled in a questionnaire with questions about lifestyle and enviroment such as diet, smoking and alcohol habits, physical activity at work and leisure time, use of diet supplementation and certain medication. There were also questions about subjectively judged health and different diseases and health problems for men only. It was also asked about cronic diseases as cancer (especially in prostate, colon, lungs and kidneys), myocardial infarction, diabetes, osteoporosis, cataract and obesity. In 2008 a new questionnaire with health related questions was sent to all participants, the participation rate was 77%. In 2009 they also got a questionnaire on lyfestyle. 90% of the participants answered. 2010 collection of biomaterials (blood, urine, fat biopsies) and antropometic measures started. More than 5,000 men are expected to have participate in the data collection, by the end of 2017.
The questionnaires used
Time period(s) investigated:
1997 — ongoing
Geographic spread:
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: Örebro och Västmanland counties, Sweden
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County (NUTS3)
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Population:
Men born 1918-1952 in Örebro and Västmanland counties.
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Keywords:
Cohort Studies, Hearing, Life Style, Heart Failure, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Exercise, Population Surveillance, Osteoporosis, Survival, Tinnitus, Urination Disorders, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Drug Therapy, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Medical History Taking, Work, Asthma, Fractures, Bone, Thrombosis, Bronchitis, Chronic, Crohn Disease, Eczema, Obesity, Leisure Activities, Intermittent Claudication, Gallstones, Cataract, Glaucoma, Dermatitis, Atopic, Health, Health Status, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cholesterol, Dietary Supplements, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Body Height, Body Weight, Angina Pectoris, Arthralgia, Lung Neoplasms, Drug Utilization, Gastritis, Migraine Disorders, Environment, Multiple Sclerosis, Oral Health, Depression, Kidney Calculi, Kidney Neoplasms, surgical procedures, Parkinson Disease, Prostatic Neoplasms, Psoriasis, Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, Disease, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Vision, Ocular, Sleep, Colonic Neoplasms, Colitis, Ulcerative, Vertigo, Heredity, Hypersensitivity, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), NEAR - Towards a National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden, Cohorts.se
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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
Åkesson A, Larsson SC, Discacciati A, Wolk A. Low-Risk Dietary and Lifestyle Practices in Primary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Men. J Am Coll Cardiol 64(13):1299-306, 2014.
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.
Andersson SO, Rashidkhani B, Karlberg L, Wolk A, Johansson JE. Prevalence of Lower urinary tract symptoms in men aged 45-79 years - A population-based study of 40,000 Swedish men. Brit J Urol 2004;94:327-331
Kaluza J, Håkansson N, Brzozowska A, Wolk A. Diet quality and mortality: a population-based prospective study of men. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009); 63:451-457
Larsson SC, Wolk A. Diabetes and colorectal cancer incidence in the cohort of Swedish men. Diabetes Care 2005;28:1805-7
Larsson SC, Wolk K, Brismar K, Wolk A. Association of diet with serum insulin-like growth factor-I in middle-aged and elderly men. Am J Clin Nutr 2005; 81:1163-67.
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Dataset 1
The Cohort of Swedish Men, COSM 1997
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
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:
48850
Response rate/participation rate:
49%
Dataset 2
The Cohort of Swedish Men, COSM 2008
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
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:
29503
Response rate/participation rate:
78%
Dataset 3
The Cohort of Swedish Men, COSM 2009
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Karl Michaëlsson
- Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
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:
26156
Response rate/participation rate:
90%