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).
International Journal of Epidemiology 2013 ; 43: 1063-72.
Hayat SA, Luben R, Keevil VL, Moore S, Dalzell N, Bhaniani A, Khawaja AP, Foster P, Brayne C, Wareham NJ, Khaw KT
DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyt086
PubMed ID : 23771720
PMCID : PMC4121549
URL : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23771720/
Abstract
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.
Study : EPIC-Norfolk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Norfolk Cohort