Cohort Profile: A prospective cohort study of objective physical and cognitive capability and visual health in an ageing population of men and women in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk 3) | Zendy

Shabina Hayat | Zendy; Robert Luben | Zendy; Victoria L. Keevil | Zendy; Stephanie Moore | Zendy; Nichola Dalzell | Zendy; Amit Bhaniani | Zendy; Anthony P. Khawaja | Zendy; Paul J. Foster | Zendy; Carol Brayne | Zendy; Nicholas J. Wareham | Zendy; KayTee Khaw | Zendy

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Cohort Profile: A prospective cohort study of objective physical and cognitive capability and visual health in an ageing population of men and women in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk 3)

Author(s) -

Shabina Hayat,

Robert Luben,

Victoria L. Keevil,

Stephanie Moore,

Nichola Dalzell,

Amit Bhaniani,

Anthony P. Khawaja,

Paul J. Foster,

Carol Brayne,

Nicholas J. Wareham,

KayTee Khaw

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt086

Subject(s) - biobank , european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition , cohort , epic , medicine , prospective cohort study , demography , gerontology , cohort study , population , environmental health , surgery , pathology , genetics , art , literature , sociology , biology

The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) is a 10-country collaborative study in which EPIC-Norfolk is one of the UK centres. EPIC-Norfolk examined 25 639 men and women resident in East Anglia (aged 40-79 years), between 1993 and 1997. The EPIC collaboration was set up to examine the dietary determinants of cancer, but the remit in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort was broadened from the outset to include determinants of other health conditions and chronic diseases. EPIC-Norfolk completed a third round of health examinations (EPIC-Norfolk 3 or 3HC) in December 2011, on 8623 participants in the age range 48-92 years. EPIC-Norfolk focused on objective measures of cognitive function, physical capability and visual health, adapting this existing mid-life cohort to the current need to investigate healthy and independent living for ageing societies. With a wealth of longitudinal data and a biobank (including DNA) collected at up to three separate time points, EPIC-Norfolk offers the unique opportunity to investigate the association of lifestyle and biological factors, including genetic exposures, with a range of health outcomes in middle and later life. Information for data access can be found on the study website, details as given in this cohort profile.

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