The Glostrup examination

Summary

Strengths: This examination offers a unique opportunity to follow the health status for different cohorts over long periods of time. The database includes actual health assessments combined with background information and risk factors. Further data go back in time to the 1960s. Weaknesses: There is no joint documentation available.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Other: Longitudinal study

Data gathering method
Self administered questionnaire

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SAS, SPSS, tab-delimited file

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was first collected in 1964 and the examination has been repeated several times since. In 1964, the sample consisted of men and women born in 1914 living in the municipalities around the hospital of Glostrup (n = 975).

First year of collection
1964

Stratification if applicable
Different cohorts living in the western area of Copenhagen Glostrup have been included.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Covers the population of Glostrup

Age range
N.A.

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The purpose of the database is to monitor lifestyle choices and how they affect the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Since 1984, this has been changed to a general focus on the epidemiology of ageing. It covers many different health-related measures such as height, weight, information about chronic diseases, which includes cardiovascular diseases and risk factors. Furthermore, the study includes different socio-demographic measures and information about social conditions.

Linkage

Standardisation
Measures such as: Blood pressure, anthropometry, cognitive tests, ECG, measure of lung function, serum lipids.

Possibility of linkage among databases
Data can be linked to register data available at Statistics Denmark through an encrypted identification key.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
The basic measures are repeated for the different years and cohorts.

Governance

Contact information
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Islandsgade 10
5000 Odense Denmark Phone: (+45)66113010
Email: mailbox(at)dda.dk
Url: http://www.ifsv.ku.dk/ominstituttet/afdelinger/socialmedicin/forskning/kohorter/1914/

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.