UK Women’s Cohort Study
Initiatives
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To investigate links between diet (including foods, nutrients, dietary supplements, dietary patterns and diet costs) and chronic disease (including cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and other health outcomes).
**General enquires: ukwcs@leeds.ac.uk**
- Start Year
- 1996
- End Year
- 2014
- Funding
- The UKWCS was originally funded by the World Cancer Research Fund. Other support has been received from the Food Standards Agency (grant NO5 023), the Medical Research Council (ref: G1100235/1), the Wellcome Trust (Fellowship WT87789), the Economic and Social Research Council, Kelloggs Sales and Marketing UK Ltd. The open access fee was funded by University of Leeds.
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- The whole cohort has been contacted for a second time, Phase 2. All baseline responders were mailed between 1999 and 2002. Nine sub-studies have re-contacted samples of the cohort.
Marker Paper
Cade JE, Burley VJ, Alwan NA, et al. Cohort Profile: The UK Women's Cohort Study (UKWCS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 2017 Apr;46(2):e11. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv173.
PUBMED 26430789
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 32,784
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://ukwcs.leeds.ac.uk/