Swedish National March Cohort
The purpose of the study was to create a large prospective cohort to investigate associations between lifestyle factors and chronic diseases, including cancer, in the Swedish population.
Overview
- Acronym
- SNMC
- Website
- SNMC
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 1997 - 2018
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Essentially complete follow-up has since been attained through multiple record linkages, done approximately biannually to Statistics Swedens Register of the total population and population changes, Patient Register, Cancer Register and Causes of Death Register.(Prescribed Drug Register(start 2005); National Prostate Cancer).
There was no follow-up questinnaire. - Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 43,863
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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15668 men and 28195 women.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Marker Papers
Trolle Lagerros Y, Hantikainen E, Mariosa D, et al. Cohort Profile: The Swedish National March Cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2017;46(3):795-795e.
PUBMED 27649800Supplementary Information
Timeline
Population
SNMC population
The population consist of individuals between 18 and 94 years old from 3600 different cities and villages in Sweden.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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18
- Maximum age
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94
- Countries
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- Sweden
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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Median age: 52. Sex- males: 35.7%.
Sources of Recruitment
- Other Recruitment Target
- Participants in the Swedish National March
- Supplementary Information
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In September 1997 the Swedish National March, a 4-day promotional and fund-raising event for the Swedish Cancer Society, took place in almost 3600 Swedish cities and villages. Participants were invited to fill out a questionnaire concerning lifestyle and medical history.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 43,863
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | SNMC - Baseline |
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1997 (September) | 1997 (September) | |
| 1 | SNMC - Follow-up 1 |
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1997 (October) | 2018 (March) |
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
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
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