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LifeGene is a national collaborative project designed to build up a resource for research in all medical disciplines, enabling new and groundbreaking research on the relationships among heredity, environment and lifestyle. The study includes studying several hundred thousand Swedes with the aim of creating new tools to prevent, diagnose and treat our most common diseases. LifeGene constitutes a platform for a myriad of biomedical research projects. Researchers not only in biomedicine and biotechnology but also behavioral and social sciences may benefit from access to LifeGene. By combining a biological perspective with e-epidemiology, LifeGene opens up new possibilities for a greater understanding of the interplay between heredity, lifestyle and the environment as regards to our most common diseases.
Types General population-based cohort
Participant Types No diagnosis
Countries Sweden
Genders Male and Female
Sample sizes 100,000 to 499,999
Ages 10 to 19|20 to 39|40 to 59
Brain related measures
Funtional rating
Anthropometric Blood pressure|Height|Hip circumference|Waist circumference|Weight
Physical Cardiovascular|Hearing and Vision|Musculoskeletal|Reproductive|Respiratory
Biological samples Blood|Saliva
Genotyping Gene screening
Brain imaging
Brain banking
Lifestyle Alcohol|Dietary habits|Physical activity|Smoking
Socio-economic Education|Family circumstances|Housing and accommodation|Income and finances|Martial status|Occupation and employment
Health service utilisation Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
Institute names Karolinska Institutet
Current Sample Sizes 100,000 to 499,999
age at recruitment 18-50
last updated
recruitment period
estimated current sample size number value 52,107
cohort acronym LifeGene
start date
pi Nancy Pedersen
website https://www.lifegene.se/
contact details Director of LifeGene project and Professor in Genetic Epidemiology at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet
abstract The study includes studying several hundred thousand Swedes with the aim of creating new tools to prevent, diagnose and treat our most common diseases.
funders Swedish Research Council|Karolinska Institutet|AFA Försäkring|Ragnar and Torsten Söderberg’s foundations
contact email [email protected]
contact phone number +46-8-524 874 18
estimated current sample size 50,000 to 99,999
sample sizes 250,000