Värmand Health Survey
Initiatives
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The aim of the survey was to perform a chemical mass-screening to identify pre-symptomatic disease, especially different types of CVD, malignancies and inflammatory conditions
- Start Year
- 1960
- End Year
- 2005
Visit VHS
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Engel A, Malmström G. The Värmland trial, a mass health screening project. Acta Sociomed Scand. 1969;1(2):61-68.
PUBMED 4948137
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 95,517
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- In total, 47,468 men and 48,079 women participated (mean age 48.7 years, range 22-99 years)- in the county of Värmland, Sweden
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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