National March Cohort

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

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Ylva Trolle Lagerros - Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine, Solna

Rino Bellocco - Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Description:

Three pages of this questionnaire were devoted to physical activity, the main focus of the project. Both previously validated and newly developed questions were used in order to estimate energy expenditure and to distinguish between constant low-level activity and short-term peak activity. We used a new rating scale for self-reports of time spent on different intensity levels of physical activity (and inactivity) during a typical day, allowing estimation of total energy expenditure on an interval scale level. This scale has been shown to be both valid and reliable. Seven pages contained questions about diet, using a 63-item validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire that allows estimation of total energy intake and calorie adjustment. Supplementary questions were asked about intake of fried food, detailed pattern of alcohol intake, dietary supplements and use of health food preparations. Two pages had questions about anthropometrical measures, including height, weight (birth weight, current weight, and weight fluctuations), waist and hip measures (allowing calculations of BMI, le

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Subject 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)

Keywords:

Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), Cohorts.se

Principal organisation:

Karolinska Institute

Accessibility status:

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

Homepage:

The study homepage

Responsible department/unit:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Ylva Trolle Lagerros - Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine, Solna

Rino Bellocco - Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Identifiers:

SND-ID: EXT 0166

Purpose:

In September 1997, the Swedish Cancer Society organized a four-day national fund-raising event, the National March, in almost 3,600 cities and villages around the country. In conjunction with this event, we established the Swedish National March Cohort. The cohort consists of 43,880 well-motivated men and women who participated in the National March in support of the Swedish Cancer Society. With a 36-page questionnaire about lifestyle, exposure was assessed in much greater detail than in almost any other cohort. Essentially complete follow-up is attained through multiple linkages with high-quality Swedish registers.

Description:

Three pages of this questionnaire were devoted to physical activity, the main focus of the project. Both previously validated and newly developed questions were used in order to estimate energy expenditure and to distinguish between constant low-level activity and short-term peak activity. We used a new rating scale for self-reports of time spent on different intensity levels of physical activity (and inactivity) during a typical day, allowing estimation of total energy expenditure on an interval scale level. This scale has been shown to be both valid and reliable. Seven pages contained questions about diet, using a 63-item validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire that allows estimation of total energy intake and calorie adjustment. Supplementary questions were asked about intake of fried food, detailed pattern of alcohol intake, dietary supplements and use of health food preparations. Two pages had questions about anthropometrical measures, including height, weight (birth weight, current weight, and weight fluctuations), waist and hip measures (allowing calculations of BMI, le

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Unit of analysis:

Population:

The population consists of women and men in Sweden, 18 years or older.

Sampling procedure:

Non-probability

Subject 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)

Keywords:

Swedish Cohort Consortium (SCC), Cohorts.se

Contact person for questions about the data:

Ylva Trolle Lagerros

Is part of collection at SND:

Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se)

Available documentation:

Questionnaire 1997 (Swedish)

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Publications

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Lagerros YT, Bellocco R, Adami HO, Nyrén O. Measures of physical activity and their correlates: the Swedish National March Cohort. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009;24(4):161-9. doi: 10.1007/s10654-009-9327-x. Epub 2009 Mar 18.

Yang F, Trolle Lagerros Y, Bellocco R, Adami HO, Fang F, Pedersen NL, Wirdefeldt K. Physical activity and risk of Parkinson's disease in the Swedish National March Cohort. Brain. 2015 Feb;138(Pt 2):269-75. doi: 10.1093/brain/awu323. Epub 2014 Nov 18.
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National March Cohort

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire

Time period(s) for data collection: 1997-09-11 — 1997-09-14

Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Population group

Number of individuals/objects:

43880