German National Cohort - GNC
Initiatives
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To investigate the causes of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, rheumatism, infectious diseases, and dementia in order to improve prevention, early diagnoses and treatment of these very widely spread diseases.
Contact: geschaeftsstelle@nako.de
- Start Year
- 2014
- Funding
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.dkfz.de/en/epidemiologie-krebserkrankungen/units/NAKO_Studienzentrum_eng/NAKO_engl.html
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- After 4–5 years, all participants will be invited for a re-assessment. Information about chronic disease endpoints will be collected through a combination of active follow-up (including questionnaires every 2–3 years) and record linkages. NAKO is planned for an overall duration of 25–30 years.
Marker Paper
German National Cohort (GNC) Consortium. The German National Cohort: aims, study design and organization. Eur J Epidemiol. 2014;29(5):371-382. doi:10.1007/s10654-014-9890-7
PUBMED 24840228
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 200,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Aged 20 - 69 years
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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