Hunter Community Study
The aims of the Hunter CS study are to provide:
- a broad spectrum of measures of ageing that includes clinical, genetic, biochemical, health services, economic, environmental as well as social and behavioural measures;
- sufficient statistical power to test a range of important hypotheses about common acute and chronic disease events, i.e. percentage incidence of a particular disease over 10-year follow-up;
- a comparison population for studies involving the use of case series from local hospital;
- a repository of stored biological samples, covering plasma, serum, whole blood, DNA and whole cells;
- virtual follow-up through individual-level linkage with databases including Medicare Australia, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, hospital separations, cancer, cardiovascular disease, death and other registries;
- a reference population for economic, social science, environmental, health services, health promotion, clinical and genetic research.
Overview
- Acronym
- Hunter CS
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 2004 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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The cohort is followed-up with repeated questionnaires and clinical assessment every few years to update exposure and outcome information as funding permits.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 3,253
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 2,534
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Marker Paper
McEvoy M, Smith W, D'Este C, Duke J, Peel R, Schofield P, Scott R, Byles J, Henry D, Ewald B, Hancock S, Smith D, Attia J. Cohort profile: The Hunter Community Study. International journal of epidemiology, 2010; 39(6): 1452-63.
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Population
The cohort is composed of community-dwelling men and women aged 55 to 85 years at the time of recruitment who reside in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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55
- Maximum age
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85
- Countries
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- Australia
- Territory
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Newcastle, New South Wales
- Other Criteria
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Participants unable to speak English or living in aged-care institutions were excluded.
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Sampling frame was the federal electoral roll.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 3,253
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 2,534
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Wave 1: 3253 participants
Wave 2: 2251 participants
Wave 3: 1749 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | Hunter CS - Wave 1 |
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2004 | 2008 |
| 1 | Hunter CS - Wave 2 |
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2010 | 2011 | |
| 2 | Hunter CS - Wave 3 |
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2013 | 2014 |
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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