Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort
Initiatives
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The DCS study is a prospective cohort study representing a comprehensive dataset on the natural course of T2D, with repeated clinical measures and outcomes during follow-up.
- Start Year
- 1998
- End Year
- 2015
- Funding
- VUMC, Dutch Federation of University Medical Centres, health insurers, Dutch Science Organisation NWO, Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development ZonMw, Dutch Diabetes Foundation, European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes, International Diabetes Federation, European Innovative Medicine Initiative and European Union.
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Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
Marker Paper
Van Der Heijden, A. A., Rauh, S. P., Dekker, J. M., Beulens, J. W., Elders, P., M‘t Hart, L., ... & Nijpels, G. (2017). The Hoorn Diabetes Care System (DCS) cohort. A prospective cohort of persons with type 2 diabetes treated in primary care in the Netherlands. BMJ open, 7(5).
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 12,673
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Persons with T2D in primary care from the West-Friesland region of the Netherlands.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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