Epidemiology for Health

Overview

Acronym
EpiHealth
Website
EpiHealth
Contacts
Prof. Sölve Elmståhl
Lund University

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
2011 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
Recruitment Target
  • Individuals
Number of Participants
25,000
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
25,000

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Marker Paper

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. Eur J Epidemiol. 2013 Feb; 28(2): 189-97.

PUBMED 23435790

Timeline

Population

EpiHealth - Population

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
45
Maximum age
75
Countries
  • Sweden

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Sample Size

Number of Participants
25,000
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
25,000

Data Collection Events

# Name Description Start End
0 EpiHealth - Baseline 2011 (April) 2016 (December)

Participating Studies

Acronym Name Study design Countries

Harmonization Initiatives Included

Acronym Name

Networks

Acronym Name Harmonization Initiatives Individual Studies

Datasets

Name Type Data Collection Events Variables
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