EpiHealth
The study consists of three parts:
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.
The study is planned to screen 300,000 individuals in Sweden with an age between 45 and 75 years.The data collection is ongoing and takes place via EpiHealth Test Centre in Uppsala and Malmö. In 2011 a pilot study was carried out, including the first 1000 subjects. In April 2015, 20,000 subjects were included.
Go to data source
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Citation and access
Citation and access
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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
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Citation:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Swedish women and men between the ages of 45 and 75 years old.
Time method:
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
The sample for the study is based on a random sampling from the population register among individuals between aged 45-75 years. A randomization procedure will assure that all age groups and both genders are equally represented. Inclusion criteria are age 45-75 years, a permanent address in Sweden and a Swedish civic registration number.
Time period(s) investigated:
Number of individuals/objects:
20000
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Web-based interview
Data collection - Web-based interview
Mode of collection:
Web-based interview
Time period(s) for data collection:
2011 - Ongoing
Source of the data:
- Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical
- Population group
- Registers/Records/Accounts
Data collection - Physical measurements and tests
Data collection - Physical measurements and tests
Mode of collection:
Physical measurements and tests
Time period(s) for data collection:
2011 - Ongoing
Source of the data:
- Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical
- Population group
- Registers/Records/Accounts
Data collection - Other
Data collection - Other
Mode of collection:
Other
Time period(s) for data collection:
2011 - Ongoing
Source of the data:
- Registers/Records/Accounts: Medical/Clinical
- Population group
- Registers/Records/Accounts
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic description:
Initial two test centers: Malmö and Uppsala
Administrative information
Administrative information
Ethics Review:
Uppsala - 2010/402
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
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Publications
Publications
Citation:
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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