Malmö Offspring Study

The steering group for Malmö Offspring Study: Peter Nilsson, Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Internal Medicine Research Unit Olle Melander, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine Jan Nilsson, Lund university, Department of Clinical Sciences Gunnar Engström, Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö Margaretha Persson, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö Marju Orho-Melander, Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Division of Diabetes and cardiovascular disease - genetic epidemiology In Malmö Offspring Study, children and grandchildren to participants from the previous population study Malmö Diet Cancer are invited to participate. The children are today in the ages 50-55 while the grandchildren are 20-30 years old. The objective is to examine 5,000-6,000 individuals by the year 2020. There is a long tradition of larger population studies in Malmö. The main ones are Malmö Preventing Project and Malmö Diet Cancer which together has engaged over 50 000 unique participants. They have created a foundation for future studies and research projects in both Sweden and Internationally. This has resulted in new knowledges about, for example, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, alcohol abuse and the importance of nutrition and diet. Researchers are now hoping to attain more relevant data than in the earlier population studies. This will be carried out through the usage of new methods for function analysis of blood vessels , lungs, brain and body metabolism which will be used at inspections and test. The connection between what people eat daily and the intestinal bacterial flora and how this affects people’s health is of special interest. Inspections and testing takes place at Skåne’s University Hospital in Malmö. The participants are monitored clinically through tests as well as in records for a long period of time, based on informed consent and in accordance with ethical approval and the Privacy Act (PUL). Purpose: The purpose of the study is to provide future research access to new information about how diseases are spread within families, not only through genetic inheritance but also through life style, social patterns and health habits.