The Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC)
SND-ID: ext0018-1.
Is part of collection at SND: SIMPLER - Swedish Infrastructure for Medical Population-Based Life-Course and Environmental Research, Swedish Cohort Consortium (Cohorts.se)
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Contact
SIMPLER
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Michaëlsson - Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences
Research principal
Uppsala University - Department of Surgical Science
Description
The Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC) is a large population-based cohort of over 60,000 women in the counties of Uppsala and Västmanland. All women born 1914-1948 who were residing in Västmanland and Uppsala County and in the years 1987-1990 received an invitation to participate in a mammography screening programme. The invitation included a six-page questionnaire that sought information on diet and alcohol intake (67-item food frequency questionnaire), parity, age at first childbirth, family history of breast cancer, weight, height, education level, and marital status. Approximately 66,000 women answered the questionnaire.
In the autumn 1997, a second survey was sent to these women to update the information about their eating habits. Additional follow-ups were done 2008/2009 and 2019. The study examine associations of environmental/modifiable risk factors with several cancer sites (e.g., breast, colorectal, endometrium, ovary, and renal cell cancer), myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis, cataracts, as well as death causes. The study has a longitudinal design, and to complement the upd
In the autumn 1997, a second survey was sent to these women to update the information about their eating habits. Additional follow-ups were done 2008/2009 and 2019. The study examine associations of environmental/modifiable risk factors with several cancer sites (e.g., breast, colorectal, endometrium, ovary, and renal cell cancer), myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis, cataracts, as well as death causes. The study has a longitudinal design, and to complement the update on exposure data record linkages to the nationwide Cancer Register, the In-Patient Register, and the Cause of Death Register and Population Register are also done. The general aim of the Swedish Mammography Cohort (SMC) is to assess relationships between a number of modifiable factors (diet, vitamin supplement use, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, body weight, other anthropometric measures etc.) and the occurrence of several major chronic diseases.
The questionnaires used in the Swedish Mammography Cohort are the same as the ones that have been used in the Cohort of Swedish Men (COSM).
For more detailed information please visit the SIMPLER website, https://www.simpler4health.se/w/sh/en/researchers/cohorts.
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Data contains personal data
Yes
Sensitive personal data
Yes
Type of personal data
health data
Code key exists
Yes
Population
Women born 1914-1948 living in Västmanland or Uppsala County during 1987-1990.
Study design
Observational study
Cohort study
Description of study design
Longitudinal cohort study
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1987 – Ongoing
Biobank is connected to the study
The study has collected samples/material which are stored in a scientific collection or biobank
Scientific collection or biobank name: Uppsala biobank/SIMPLER
Type(s) of sample: DNA
Response rate/participation rate
1987: 74%
1997: 70%
2008: 63%
2009: 84%
2019 health: 55%
2019 lifestyle: 83%
Sub-cohort 1: 65%
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: Uppsala and Västmanland counties, Sweden.
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Responsible department/unit
Department of Surgical Science
Ethics Review
Uppsala - Ref. 2018/262
Uppsala - Ref. 2018/263
Research area
Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Clinical medicine (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Cancer and oncology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Endocrinology and diabetes (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Cardiac and cardiovascular systems (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Orthopaedics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Geriatrics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
General practice (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Public health, global health, social medicine and epidemiology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Nutrition and dietetics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Keywords
Anthropometry, Cohort studies, Hearing, Life style, Follow-up studies, Heart failure, Longitudinal studies, Prospective studies, Exercise, Population surveillance, Osteoporosis, Survival, Tinnitus, Climacteric, Arthritis, rheumatoid, Drug therapy, Hormone replacement therapy, Risk factors, Women's health, Myocardial infarction, Stroke, Diet, Alcohol drinking, Medical history taking, Work, Asthma, Fractures, bone, Thrombosis, Bronchitis, chronic, Breast cyst, Breast neoplasms, Crohn disease, Diabetes mellitus, Cause of death, Eczema, Obesity, Reproductive history, Leisure activities, Intermittent claudication, Gallstones, Pregnancy, Cataract, Glaucoma, Dermatitis, atopic, Health, Health status, Hypertension, Irritable bowel syndrome, Cholesterol, Dietary supplements, Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, Body height, Body weight, Angina pectoris, Arthralgia, Uterine neoplasms, Lung neoplasms, Drug utilization, Gastritis, Mammography, Menstruation, Migraine disorders, Environmental medicine, Multiple sclerosis, Oral health, Depression, Kidney calculi, Kidney neoplasms, Parkinson disease, Contraceptive agents, Psoriasis, Registries, Rhinitis, allergic, seasonal, Smoking, Disease, Social support, Stress, psychological, Vision, ocular, Sleep, Colonic neoplasms, Colitis, ulcerative, Vitamins, Vertigo, Ovarian neoplasms, Heredity, Hypersensitivity, Cohorts.se, Swedish cohort consortium (scc), Near - national e-infrastructure for aging research
Harris H, Håkansson N, Olofsson C, Julin B, Åkesson A, Wolk A. The Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men: Study design and characteristics of 2 population-based longitudinal cohorts. OA Epidemiology;1(2):16, 2013.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13172/2053-079X-1-2-943
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