NSHDS-VIP

This study is part of the collection Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se) , Swedish Diet Cohort Consortium (SDCC)

Overview Description Datasets

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Göran Hallmans - Umeå university, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine

Description:

The cohort is population-based and consists of blood and data from primarily 40, 50 and 60 year olds, taken every year in this age group in connection with the Västerbotten health surveys from 1985 - present. About half of the individuals have donated blood samples on two or more occasions.

The database is administered by the Department of Biobank Research at Umeå University. The biobank samples are handled by Biobanken Norr, Västerbotten County Council. The blood samples consist primarily of EDTA and heparin blood samples divided into plasma, erythrocyte concentrate and buffy coat and for a certain percentage, DNA is extracted. A large part is fasting samples.

Survey data concerning health-related lifestyle factors, e.g. smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, socioeconomic status and self-perceived health can be linked to the blood samples, and a number of user tables have been created. The database Northern Sweden Diet Database consists of survey data from VIP concerning nutritional factors. The database can be linked to a number of disease registries, e.g. for diabetes, cardio

Subject area:

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

Blood Pressure, Blood Specimen Collection, Health Surveys, Diet Surveys, Medicine, Longitudinal Studies, Exercise, Socioeconomic Factors, Risk Factors, Myocardial Infarction, Alcohol Drinking, Workload, Marital Status, Diabetes Mellitus, Health Status, Intervention Studies, Coronary Disease, Food Habits, Smoking, Pain, Tobacco, Smokeless, Social Support, Sleep, Education, Occupations, Quality of Life, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), Employment, Food, Tobacco Use, Swedish Diet Cohort Consortium (SDCC), SDCC, Cohorts.se

Principal organisation:

Umeå University

Accessibility status:

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

Homepage:

The study homepage

Responsible department/unit:

Umeå University, Department of Biobank Research

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Göran Hallmans - Umeå university, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine

Identifiers:

SND-ID: EXT 0043

Purpose:

Prospectively collected cohort for all disease areas.

Description:

Time period(s) investigated:

1985 — ongoing

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden, Västerbotten County

Lowest geographic unit:

County (NUTS3)

Unit of analysis:

Individual

Population:

Individuals between 30 and 60 years of age. Equal parts men and women.

Time Method:

Longitudinal: Cohort: Prospective

Sampling procedure:

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Each year all subjects who become 40, 50 or 60 years and some 30 year olds and belong to the list for a specific primary care centre or live within the area for that centre are identified by the County Council administrative staff, which have access to the national population register. This information is given to each health centre that, in turn, invites the participants to the health examination.

Biobank is connected to the study:

Yes

Subject area:

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords: