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Westmannia Cardiovascular Risk Factors Study

SND-ID: EXT 0165

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

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jerzy Leppert - Uppsala Universitet, Center for Clinical Research, Västerås

Description

In the county of Västmanland (Latin: Westmannia), situated about 100 km west of Stockholm, the Westmannia Cardiovascular Risk Factors Study (WICTORY) was started in 1989 by the County Council of Västmanland with the aim of lowering the cardiovascular mortality rate in the county until year 2000. In the study, it was intended that all men and women born 1940–1959 and living in the county of Västmanland (approximately 70,000 individuals), should be offered a free health examination at a primary health care centre for the presence of CVD risk factors, at the time of turning 40 or 50 years old. The study included a clinical examination by a primary health care nurse, which measured height, weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, total cholesterol level, glucose level, waist circumference and hip circumference. At this visit, the participants also handed in a self-administered questionnaire including, among others, questions about the participant’s occupation, education, diabetic status, nicotine use, physical activity and history of CVD. Based on the results of the clinical exam

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Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Uppsala University

Responsible department/unit

Uppsala University
Protection and ethical review
Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Time period(s) investigated

1989 – ongoing

Geographic coverage
Topic and keywords

Research area

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

Keywords

health surveys, mortality, cardiovascular diseases, morbidity, survival analysis, cohorts.se, swedish cohort consortium (scc)

Publications

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Dataset
Westmannia Cardiovascular Risk Factors Study

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jerzy Leppert - Uppsala Universitet, Center for Clinical Research, Västerås

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1989-11-01–2000-03-20
  • Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1989-11-01–2000-03-20
  • Source of the data: Population group

Contact for questions about the data

Is part of collection at SND

Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se)

Published: 2015-04-29
Last updated: 2020-01-17