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Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
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Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

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Start Year
1994
Funding
National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research on Women’s Health, and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Susan Johnson
    University of Michigan
  • Prof. Howard Kravitz
    Rush University Medical Center
  • Project Director Kerry Richards-McCullough
    University of Michigan
  • Dr. Prof. Sioban Harlow
    University of Michigan

Design

Study design
Population cohort
Follow Up
16 follow-up visits that have taken place approximately every year. The annual visit has included the following core components: physical measures (weight, height, hip, waist, and blood pressure), fasting morning blood draw, interviewer-administered and self-administered questionnaires. Women were also given menstrual calendars to complete monthly over the next year.

Marker Paper

Santoro N, Sutton-Tyrrell K. The SWAN song: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation's recurring themes. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2011 Sep;38(3):417-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2011.05.001.

PUBMED 21961710

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
3,302
Number of participants with biosamples

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Availability of access information

On the study website : https://www.swanstudy.org/

Supplementary Information

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