Women of Sweden Cohort
Initiatives
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The objective of the Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study (SWLH) was to create a large prospective cohort designed specifically to investigate the association between lifestyle factors (exogenous hormones and dietary habits) and cancer and cardiovascular diseases in young women.
- Start Year
- 1991
- Funding
- Swedish Cancer Society, Swedish Research Council, Pharmaceutical companies
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Roswall N, Sandin S, Adami HO, Weiderpass E. Cohort Profile: The Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2017;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
- 49,258
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Swedish women aged 30-49 years
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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