Swedish Mammography Cohort

Overview

Acronym
SMC
Website
SMC
Investigators
Prof. Karl Michaëlsson
Uppsala University
Contacts
Prof. Karl Michaëlsson
Uppsala University
Dr. Anna-Karin Kolseth
Uppsala University

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
1987 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
Recruitment Target
  • Individuals
Number of Participants
66,651
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
14,904
Supplementary information about number of participants

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Marker Paper

Harris H, Håkansson N, Olofsson C, Stackelberg O, Julin B, Åkesson A, et al. The Swedish mammography cohort and the cohort of Swedish men: study design and characteristics of two population-based longitudinal cohorts. OA Epidemiology 2013 Oct 01;1(2):16.

Timeline

Population

SMC population

Selection Criteria

Gender
Women only
Minimum age
39
Maximum age
76
Countries
  • Sweden
Territory
Uppsala and Västmanland Counties (central Sweden)

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Sample Size

Number of Participants
66,651
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
14,904
Supplementary Information about selection criteria

Data Collection Events

# Name Data sources Data sources - Biosamples Start End
0 SMC - 1987 (baseline)
  • Questionnaires
  • Physical measures
1987 (March) 1990 (December)
1 SMC - Registries
  • Administrative databases
1987 (March) 2016 (December)
2 SMC - 1997 (2nd follow-up)
  • Questionnaires
  • Administrative databases
1997 (September) 1997 (December)
3 SMC - Clinical exmination (Cycle 1, recruitment 1)
  • Questionnaires
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
  • Tissues : Adipose tissue
2003 (September) 2009 (September)
4 SMC - Saliva
  • Biosamples
  • Saliva
2005 (January) 2008 (December)
5 SMC - 2008 (3rd (a) follow-up)
  • Questionnaires
2008 (September) 2008 (December)
6 SMC - 2009 (3rd (b) follow-up)
  • Questionnaires
2009 (April) 2009 (December)
7 SMC - Clinical examination (Cycle 1, recruitment 2)
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
  • Tissues : Adipose tissue
  • Other : Faeces
2010 (April) 2015 (September)
8 SMC - Clinical examination (Cycle 2)
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
  • Tissues : Adipose tissue
  • Other : Faeces
2015 (October) 2016 (December)

Participating Studies

Acronym Name Study design Countries

Harmonization Initiatives Included

Acronym Name

Datasets

Name Data Collection Events Variables

Areas of Information Collected

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Death
Lifestyle and behaviours
Physical measures and assessments
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Laboratory measures
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Diseases
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Symptoms and signs
Preschool, school and work life
Medication and supplements
Social environment and relationships
Non-pharmacological interventions
Physical environment
Health and community care services utilization
Administrative information

Variables Content Summary

Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected

Networks

Acronym Name Harmonization Initiatives Individual Studies
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