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Documentation
Description:
The British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) is a long-term cohort investigating the causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in men and seeking to understand the effect of co-morbidities on CVD & ageing. The BRHS provides a geographically and socially representative cohort for the prospective investigation of CVD in British men spanning over four decades. Established in 1978-80, with 7735 male participants, the BRHS study has benefited from four repeated assessments of the men at ages in middle (40-59 years) and later life (60-79, 72-91 and 79-98 years). Participants have been followed up at four life stages for a wide range of health outcomes, including all-cause mortality and CVD morbidity, physical disability and frailty using GP records and participant questionnaires. This unique ageing cohort with extensive phenotyping, genotyping and detailed follow-up will contribute and allow us to study healthy cardiovascular ageing including prevention of CVD, heart failure, stroke, diabetes and related disabilities (frailty, dementia) in older age and to add to our understanding of the biological ageing process on CVD risk.
The survey data are accessible to bona fide researchers by applying direct to the study - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/primary-care-and-population-health/research/ageing/british-regional-heart-study-brhs/brhs-2
For further information on study description and data dictionaries please see the study webpages - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/primary-care-and-population-health/research/brhs
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,England; United Kingdom,Scotland; United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
40-100
Follow Up:
> 10 Years
Pathway:
The BRHS provides a geographically and socially representative cohort for the
prospective investigation of CVD in British men spanning over four decades.
Established in 1978-80, with 7735 male participants, the BRHS study has
benefited from four repeated assessments of the men at ages in middle (40-59
years) and later life (60-79, 72-91 and 79-98 years).
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Study
Sources:
Paper-based
Collection Situations:
- Primary care - Clinic
- Community
- Home
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Start Date:
06 July 2023
End Date:
06 July 2023
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Bespoke datasets are provided. We are working towards making data available
through UK Data Service
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
- GB-ENG
- GB-SCT
- GB-WLS
Data Controller:
University College London
Data Processor:
University College London
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Research use only
Data Use Requirements:
- User-specific restriction
- Not for profit use
- Project-specific restrictions
- Return to database or resource
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
7735 men recruited at baseline
7735
count
01 January 1978