Ontario Health Study
Initiatives
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Large-scale, long-term data they need to identify population-level health patterns and trends.
Is an ongoing research study investigating risk factors that cause diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, asthma and Alzheimer’s.
To study how our lifestyle, environment and family history affect our health over time and to develop strategies for the prevention, early detection and treatment of diseases.To build a platform that researchers can use now and decades into the future to better understand the causes of cancer and chronic disease.
**General contact: [email protected]
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- Start Year
- 2009
- Funding
- the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Care Ontario, Public Health Ontario and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.
- Supplementary Information
- https://oicr.on.ca/research-portfolio/ontario-health-study/
Visit OHS
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow-up questionnaires administered over time to follow participants health as they age and record linkage.A follow-up was performed in 2016-2018 and additional follow-ups are planned in the future.
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.ontariohealthstudy.ca/for-researchers/data-access-forms-and-templates/
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 228,611
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.ontariohealthstudy.ca/about-the-study/