Erasmus Rucphen Family study
Initiatives
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To identify genetic risk factors in the development of complex disorders.
* Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Start Year
- 2002
- End Year
- 2005
- Funding
- Nutrigenomics Consortium (NGC)and by the Centre for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB) in the framework of theNetherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Henneman P, Aulchenko YS, Frants RR, van Dijk KW, Oostra BA, van Duijn CM. Prevalence and heritability of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components in a Dutch isolate: the Erasmus Rucphen Family study. J Med Genet. 2008 Sep;45(9):572-7. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2008.058388. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
PUBMED 18550697
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 2,065
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Living descendants of 22 couples with at least six children baptised in the community church around 1850–1900 in the southwest of the Netherlands.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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