EpiHealth
This study is part of the collection Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se) , Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Sölve Elmståhl - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Medicine in Malmö. Division of Geriatric Medicine
Lars Lind - Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
Maria Albin - Lunds University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Marju Orho-Melander - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Division of Diabetes and cardiovascular disease - genetic epidemiology
Anders Bjartell - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Division of Urological Cancers
Ingemar Petersson - Lund University, Department of Clinical Science, Lund, Department of Orthopaedics
Paul Franks - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
Karin Källén - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Tornblad Institute
Peter M Nilsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine
Description:
1) Collection of data on lifestyle factors by a self-administered web-based questionnaire
2) Visit to a test center for collection of blood samples and recording of physiological parameters
3) The population is followed in registers for occurence of predefined emdpoints.
Repeated collection of data by means of web-based questionnaires and visits to test centra is planned for every 5th and 10th year, respectively, following the baseline investigation.
The study was approved by The Swedish Data Inspection Board (No. 307-2011).
Purpose:
The primary objectives of the EpiHealth study is to provide a resource to study interactions between genotypes and lifestyle factors in a large cohort (aim is 300,000 individuals) derived from the Swedish population in the age range 45-75 years regarding development of common degenerative disorders.
Subject area:
Keywords:
weight, quality of life, drinking behaviour, working conditions, diseases, smoking, height, physical activities, pain, sleep, education, obesity, public health, medical history, housing conditions, reproduction (biological), passive smoking, injuries, Blood Pressure, Epidemiologic Studies, Cohort Studies, Memory, Population Surveillance, Socioeconomic Factors, Risk Factors, Diet, Respiratory Function Tests, Noise, Questionnaires, Cholesterol, Dietary Supplements, Drug Utilization, Food Habits, Registries, Tobacco, Smokeless, fertility, cohort study, Scania, EpiHealth, work environment, EpiHealth_Skåne, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), Cohorts.se
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Lund University
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Sölve Elmståhl - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Medicine in Malmö. Division of Geriatric Medicine
Lars Lind - Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
Maria Albin - Lunds University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Marju Orho-Melander - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Division of Diabetes and cardiovascular disease - genetic epidemiology
Anders Bjartell - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Division of Urological Cancers
Ingemar Petersson - Lund University, Department of Clinical Science, Lund, Department of Orthopaedics
Paul Franks - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
Karin Källén - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Tornblad Institute
Peter M Nilsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine
Identifiers:
SND-ID: EXT 0087
Description:
1) Collection of data on lifestyle factors by a self-administered web-based questionnaire
2) Visit to a test center for collection of blood samples and recording of physiological parameters
3) The population is followed in registers for occurence of predefined emdpoints.
Repeated collection of data by means of web-based questionnaires and visits to test centra is planned for every 5th and 10th year, respectively, following the baseline investigation.
The study was approved by The Swedish Data Inspection Board (No. 307-2011).
Purpose:
The primary objectives of the EpiHealth study is to provide a resource to study interactions between genotypes and lifestyle factors in a large cohort (aim is 300,000 individuals) derived from the Swedish population in the age range 45-75 years regarding development of common degenerative disorders.
Time period(s) investigated:
2011 — ongoing
Geographic spread:
Geographic description: Initial two test centers: Malmö and Uppsala
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Swedish women and men between the ages of 45 and 75 years old.
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Ethics Review:
Uppsala — Ref. 2010/402
Biobank is connected to the study:
Yes
Subject area:
Keywords:
weight, quality of life, drinking behaviour, working conditions, diseases, smoking, height, physical activities, pain, sleep, education, obesity, public health, medical history, housing conditions, reproduction (biological), passive smoking, injuries, Blood Pressure, Epidemiologic Studies, Cohort Studies, Memory, Population Surveillance, Socioeconomic Factors, Risk Factors, Diet, Respiratory Function Tests, Noise, Questionnaires, Cholesterol, Dietary Supplements, Drug Utilization, Food Habits, Registries, Tobacco, Smokeless, fertility, cohort study, Scania, EpiHealth, work environment, EpiHealth_Skåne, Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), Cohorts.se
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Publications
Lind L, Elmståhl S, Bergman E, Englund M, Lindberg E, Michaelsson K, Nilsson PM, Sundström J. EpiHealth: a large population-based cohort study for investigation of gene-lifestyle interactions in the pathogenesis of common diseases. European Journal of Epidemiology, 2013 Feb;28(2):189-97
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EpiHealth
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Sölve Elmståhl - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Medicine in Malmö. Division of Geriatric Medicine
Lars Lind - Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
Maria Albin - Lunds University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Marju Orho-Melander - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Division of Diabetes and cardiovascular disease - genetic epidemiology
Anders Bjartell - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Division of Urological Cancers
Ingemar Petersson - Lund University, Department of Clinical Science, Lund, Department of Orthopaedics
Paul Franks - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Division of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
Karin Källén - Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Tornblad Institute
Peter M Nilsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine
Description:
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Data collection:
Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
Time period(s) for data collection: 2011
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Time period(s) for data collection: 2011
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Mode of collection: Web-based interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 2011
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical, Population group
Time period(s) investigated:
2011 — ongoing
Number of individuals/objects:
20000