Nationwide cancer cohort study MONCOHORT
Initiatives
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To assess the risk factors for chronic diseases and plan preventive strategies against non-communicable chronic diseases in Mongolia.
* 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
- 2009
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow-up periods of 5, 10 and 20 year intervals.Participants will be followed until death or until dropout from the study. By using the identification (ID) number, the database is regularly linked with the Department of National Statistics of Mongolia,which receives notifications of all cases of CVD,cancer, diabetes mellitus and hepatic diseases.Causes of death will be obtained from the Registry of Death system.
Marker Paper
Enkh-Oyun T, Davaalkham D, Kotani K, Aoyama Y, Tsuboi S, Ae R, Davaa G, Angarmurun D, Khuderchuluun N, Nakamura Y. A cohort study of chronic diseases for Mongolian people: Outline with baseline data of the Moncohort study. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2016 Sep;6(3):187-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.12.001. Epub 2016 Jan 29.
PUBMED 26829279
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 2,280
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Mongolian residents aged over 40years
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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