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
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Biobank Research
Data contains personal data
Yes
Sensitive personal data
Yes
Code key exists
Yes
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals between 30 and 60 years of age. Equal parts men and women.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1985 – ongoing
Biobank is connected to the study
Yes
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Västerbotten County
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Research 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, [obsolete] intervention studies, coronary disease, food habits, smoking, pain, tobacco, smokeless, social support, sleep, education, occupations, quality of life, employment, food, tobacco use, cohorts.se, sdcc, swedish cohort consortium (scc), swedish diet cohort consortium (sdcc)
Access to data via
Contact
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Other
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Göran Hallmans - Umeå university, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine