Nord-Trøndelag Health Study
The HUNT Study (an acronym for the Norwegian name: Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag) constitutes a large population database for medical and health-related research. The study was primarily set up to address arterial hypertension, diabetes, screening of tuberculosis, and quality of life. However, the scope has expanded over time. In the latest survey a state of the art biobank was established, with availability of biomaterial for decades ahead. The three population based surveys now contribute to important knowledge regarding health related lifestyle, prevalence and incidence of somatic and mental illness and disease, health determinants, and associations between disease phenotypes and genotypes.
Overview
- Acronym
- HUNT
- Website
- HUNT
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 1984 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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The HUNT Study includes large adult total population-based cohorts from the 1980s, covering 125 000 Norwegian participants; HUNT1 (1984-86), HUNT2 (1995-97) and HUNT3 (2006-08).
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 125,000
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 115,865
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County in Norway, 20 years or older, was invited to all the surveys for adults. Participants may be linked in families and followed up longitudinally between the surveys and in several national health- and other registers covering the total Norwegian population.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Marker Paper
Krokstad S., Langhammer A., Hveem K., Holmen T., Midthjell K., Stene T., Bratberg G., Heggland J., Holmen J.2013. Cohort Profile: The HUNT Study, Norway. Int J Epidemiol. 42(4):968-77
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Populations
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Countries
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- Norway
- Territory
- Nord-Trøndelag County
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County was invited.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 193,256
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 116,002
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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HUNT1: 77 212 participants
HUNT2: 65 237 participants
HUNT3: 50 807 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | HUNT1 |
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1984 (January) | 1986 (February) |
| 1 | HUNT2 |
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1995 (August) | 1997 (June) |
| 2 | HUNT3 |
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2006 (October) | 2008 (June) |
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Countries
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- Norway
- Territory
- Nord-Trøndelag
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County was invited
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 142,449
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 65,195
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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HUNT1: 77 212 participants
HUNT2: 65 237 participants
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Countries
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- Norway
- Territory
- Nord-Trøndelag County
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County was invited.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 116,044
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 115,865
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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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
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
Networks
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