Swedish Women’s Lifestyle and Health Study
Initiatives
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To create a large prospective cohort designed specifically to investigate the association between lifestyle factors (specifically exogenous hormones and dietary habits) and cancer and cardiovascular disease in young women). Other outcomes have also been investigated, including overall mortality and psychiatric conditions.
- Start Year
- 1991
- Funding
- Swedish Research Council [Grant number 521-2011-2955]
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- A follow-up questionnaire was sent in 2003 to all women still alive and residing in Sweden at that time. Beside the questionnaires, all participants are continuously monitored through linkage to Swedish registries on death, inpatient care and emigration.
Marker Paper
Roswall N, Sandin S, Adami HO, Weiderpass E. Cohort Profile: The Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 1;46(2):e8. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv089.
PUBMED 26066328
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 49,259
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
By contacting the study representative