Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio - Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Description
Oral contraceptives, use of hormone replacement therapy, dietary habits and other lifestyle factors affect the risk for cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases in young women. Starting in 1991, a comprehensive questionnaire was mailed to 96,000 Swedish women aged 29-49 years. Approximately 50,000 completed questionnaires were returned providing detailed information on a wide range of lifestyle factors with a focus on oral contraceptive use, diet, UV light exposure, and reproductive factors. This study is strictly coordinated with a similar study among 60,000 young women in Norway; apart from the dietary component, the questionnaires are identical and joint analyses have been conducted.
In 2003, a second questionnaire was sent to all women to update information on lifestyle, and hormonal factors as well as to assess mental health. Currently analysis is ongoing for several lifestyle factors and cancers of the breast, ovarium, endometrial, colorectal, skin, skin melanoma, lymphomas, as well as cardiovascular outcomes (myocardial infarction, haemorragic and ischaemic stroke),
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Swedish women aged 29-49 years.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1991 – ongoing
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Uppsala healthcare region
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Titus-Ernstoff L, Thörn M, Tosteson T, Brahme E, Yuen J, Baron J, et al. The accuracy of skin self-examination for atypical nevi. Epidemiology 1996 Nov;7(6):619-23.
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Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio
Description
The baseline questionnaire was mailed to 96,000 Swedish women aged 29-49 years, in 1991. The questionnaire was answered by 49,259 women.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio - Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Time period(s) investigated
1991 – 1992
Number of individuals/objects
49259
Description
Participants from the baseline collection were followed up in 2003.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio - Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Time period(s) investigated
2003 – 2004