Study of Health in Pomerania

Overview

Acronym
SHIP
Website
SHIP
Investigators
Dr. Carsten-Oliver Schmidt
Research Network Community Medicine / Forschungsverbund Community Medicine (FVCM)
Dr. Henry Völzke
Research Network Community Medicine / Forschungsverbund Community Medicine (FVCM)
Contacts
Dr. Henry Völzke
Research Network Community Medicine / Forschungsverbund Community Medicine (FVCM)
Dr. Carsten-Oliver Schmidt
Research Network Community Medicine / Forschungsverbund Community Medicine (FVCM)

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
1997 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
Recruitment Target
  • Individuals
Number of Participants
12,728
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
12,728
Supplementary information about number of participants

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Marker Papers

Völzke H, Schössow J, Schmidt CO, et al. Cohort Profile Update: The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), International Journal of Epidemiology, 2022;dyac034.

PUBMED 35348705

Völzke H, Alte D, Schmidt CO, et al. Cohort profile: the study of health in Pomerania. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;40(2):294-307.

PUBMED 20167617

Supplementary Information

Timeline

Populations

SHIP - START cohort

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
20
Maximum age
79
Countries
  • Germany
Territory

Western Pomerania (federal state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), primary residence in the cities of Greifswald and Stralsund or counties Ostvorpommern and Nordvorpommern

Ethnic Origin
  • While not being an explicit selection criterion, the entire sample is Caucasian.

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment
  • Selected sample

Sample Size

Number of Participants
4,308
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
4,308
Supplementary Information about Population

Data Collection Events

# Name Description Start End
0 SHIP - START cohort - START-0 1997 (October) 2001 (May)
1 SHIP - START cohort - Mortality follow-up 1997 (October) Ongoing
2 SHIP - START cohort - Morbidity follow-up 1997 (October) Ongoing
3 SHIP - START cohort - START-1 2002 (October) 2006 (September)
4 SHIP - START cohort - Legende 2007 (July) 2010 (October)
5 SHIP - START cohort - START-2 2008 (June) 2012 (September)
6 SHIP - START cohort - START-3 2014 (January) 2016 (December)
7 SHIP - START cohort - START-4 2019 (January) 2021 (December)
SHIP - TREND cohort

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
20
Maximum age
79
Countries
  • Germany
Territory

Western Pomerania (federal state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), primary residence in the cities of Greifswald and Stralsund or counties Ostvorpommern and Nordvorpommern

Other Criteria

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment
  • Selected sample

Sample Size

Number of Participants
4,420
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
4,420
Supplementary Information about Population

Data Collection Events

# Name Description Start End
0 SHIP - TREND cohort - TREND-0 2008 (September) 2012 (September)
1 SHIP - TREND cohort - Mortality follow-up 2008 (September) Ongoing
2 SHIP - TREND cohort - Morbidity follow-up 2008 (September) Ongoing
3 SHIP - TREND cohort - TREND-1 2015 (January) 2019 (June)
4 SHIP - TREND cohort - COVID Survey 2022 (March) 2022 (July)
SHIP - NEXT cohort

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
20
Maximum age
79
Countries
  • Germany
Territory
Western Pomerania (federal state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), primary residence in the cities of Greifswald and Stralsund or counties Ostvorpommern and Nordvorpommern

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment
  • Selected sample

Sample Size

Number of Participants
4,000
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
4,000
Supplementary Information about Population

Data Collection Events

# Name Description Start End
0 SHIP - Next cohort - NEXT-0 2021 (May) 2024 (May)

Participating Studies

Acronym Name Study design Countries

Harmonization Initiatives Included

Acronym Name

Networks

Acronym Name Harmonization Initiatives Individual Studies

Datasets

Name Data Collection Events Variables
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