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MDCS
Malmö Diet and Cancer Study
http://www.med.lu.se/klinvetmalmo/befolkningsstudier/malmoe_kost_cancer_och_malmoe_foerebyggande_medicin
[email protected]
Data analysis ongoing|Closed to new patients
English, Swedish
Sweden
Secondary samples:(derivatives of primary samples)|Secondary samples: plasma|Secondary samples: DNA
Yes, for all the cohort
Gustavsson AM, Stomrud E, Abul-Kasim K, Minthon L, Nilsson PM, Hansson O, Nägga K. Cerebral Microbleeds and White Matter Hyperintensities in Cognitively Healthy Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study Evaluating the Effect of Arterial Stiffness. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra. 2015 May 20;5(2):41-51.
Data are obtained from questionnaries, analyses of blood samples, national and local registers
Yes
Primarily cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, Dementia
Other health assessment
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias|Parkinson’s disease
Data is held as individual records
No
Data held on computer based records
No
Yes
Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource|Access committee mechanism|Local/ regional access|National access|International access|Access to industry|Access for pilot studies permitted|Applicant needs to provide separate external ethics approval|Resource has own ethics approval so usually no need for separate external ethics approval
Data made publicly available after a specified time point
Yes
Yes
Original aim was to examine the relationship between diet and the subsequent cancer risk, but was extended to include particularly cardiovascular diseases and diabetes and their risk factors
It is one of the largest prospective cohorts in Sweden, only a few studies in the world have similar data on diet and nutrition. The diagnosis of dementia disorders and Parinsonian disorders has been validated through medical records.
>1000
More than 15,000 participants
Yes, but only in conjunction with the screening
Prospective cohort|Longitudinal
National medical and population registers (SoS, SCB), Tax authority etc
No
Screening started in 1991, but data before that date are obtained from national and local registries
Currently we have follow-up data until Dec 31, 2014
Data analysis ongoing|Closed to new patients
Through links to other records or registers (e.g dental records, police records etc)
No
No
Database on spreadsheet (e.g. excel)
No
Malmö Diet and Cancer Study
2016-2020
Population Cohorts
Sweden
Alzheimer’s disease & other dementias|Parkinson’s disease & PD-related disorders
2016