Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee
Initiatives
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To study the course of complaints, the mechanisms that cause joint damage, and to identify markers for diagnosis and prognosis, as well as to identify prognostic factors that predict and explain the course of osteoarthritis (OA).
** Access to data contact: checkreu@umcutrecht.nl
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- Start Year
- 2002
- End Year
- 2015
- Funding
- Dutch Arthritis Foundation
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Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
- Follow Up
- Participants with mild symptoms visited the research centre at years 0, 2, 5, 8 and 10 (variable visiting group) and participants with more serious symptoms visited the research centre each year (annual visiting group). For 10 years after baseline examinations every year, that included a questionnaire and clinical data; once every 2-3 years the examinations also included X ray, blood and urine collection.
Marker Paper
Wesseling J, Boers M, Viergever MA, Hilberdink WK, Lafeber FP, Dekker J, Bijlsma JW. Cohort Profile: Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee (CHECK) study. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Feb;45(1):36-44. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu177. Epub 2014 Aug 29.
PUBMED 25172137
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,002
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Participants with symptomatic osteoarthritis of hip and/or knee
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.check-onderzoek.nl/