Between 1970 and 1973, all men born between 1920 and 1924 and resident in the municipality of Uppsala, Sweden, were invited to participate in a health survey.
Selection Criteria
Gender
Men only
Minimum age
50
Maximum age
50
Countries
Sweden
Territory
Uppsala municipality
Sources of Recruitment
General Population
Selected sample
Sample Size
Number of Participants
2,322
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
2,322
Supplementary information about number of participants
All participants in the first investigation were invited to the third investigation. Procedures were carried out in a manner as similar as possible to the two previous surveys, including a medical questionnaire, blood pressure and anthropometric measurements, blood samples, peroral glucose tolerance test, hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure registration.