Nord-Trøndelag Health Study
The HUNT Study (an acronym for the Norwegian name: Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag) constitutes a large population database for medical and health-related research. The study was primarily set up to address arterial hypertension, diabetes, screening of tuberculosis, and quality of life. However, the scope has expanded over time. In the latest survey a state of the art biobank was established, with availability of biomaterial for decades ahead. The three population based surveys now contribute to important knowledge regarding health related lifestyle, prevalence and incidence of somatic and mental illness and disease, health determinants, and associations between disease phenotypes and genotypes.
- Start Year
- 1984
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Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Follow Up
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The HUNT Study includes large adult total population-based cohorts from the 1980s, covering 125 000 Norwegian participants; HUNT1 (1984-86), HUNT2 (1995-97) and HUNT3 (2006-08).
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County in Norway, 20 years or older, was invited to all the surveys for adults. Participants may be linked in families and followed up longitudinally between the surveys and in several national health- and other registers covering the total Norwegian population.
Marker Paper
Krokstad S., Langhammer A., Hveem K., Holmen T., Midthjell K., Stene T., Bratberg G., Heggland J., Holmen J.2013. Cohort Profile: The HUNT Study, Norway. Int J Epidemiol. 42(4):968-77
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Recruitment
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 125,000
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 115,865
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
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Timeline
Populations
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Norway
- Territory
- Nord-Trøndelag County
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County was invited.
- Participants from Existing Studies
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Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 193,256
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 116,002
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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HUNT1: 77 212 participants
HUNT2: 65 237 participants
HUNT3: 50 807 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Description | Start | End |
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HUNT1
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Information was collected through questionnaires (four) about self-reported health, quality of life, illness, diseases (CVD, diabetes), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic ... |
1984-01 | 1986-02 |
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HUNT2
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Information was collected through questionnaires (eight) about self-reported health, quality of life, illness, diseases (several), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic position. ... |
1995-08 | 1997-06 |
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HUNT3
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Information was collected through questionnaires about self-reported illness, diseases (several), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic position. Weight, height, waist and ... |
2006-10 | 2008-06 |
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Norway
- Territory
- Nord-Trøndelag
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County was invited
- Participants from Existing Studies
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Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 142,449
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 65,195
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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HUNT1: 77 212 participants
HUNT2: 65 237 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Description | Start | End |
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HUNT1
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Information was collected through questionnaires (four) about self-reported health, quality of life, illness, diseases (CVD, diabetes), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic ... |
1984-01 | 1986-02 |
| 1 |
HUNT2
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Information was collected through questionnaires (eight) about self-reported health, quality of life, illness, diseases (several), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic position. ... |
1995-08 | 1997-06 |
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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20
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Norway
- Territory
- Nord-Trøndelag County
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County was invited.
- Participants from Existing Studies
-
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 116,044
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 115,865
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Description | Start | End |
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| 0 |
HUNT2
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Information was collected through questionnaires (eight) about self-reported health, quality of life, illness, diseases (several), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic position. ... |
1995-08 | 1997-06 |
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HUNT3
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Information was collected through questionnaires (seventeen) about self-reported illness, diseases (several), major behavioural risk factors and socio-economic position. Weight, height, ... |
2006-10 | 2008-06 |
Classifications
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Diseases
- Symptoms and signs
- Medication and supplements
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Health and community care services utilization
- Death
- Physical measures and assessments
- Laboratory measures
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Preschool, school and work life
- Social environment and relationships
- Physical environment
- Administrative information
- Cognitive functioning
- Personality
- Psychological distress and emotions
- Other psychological measures and assessments
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Nutrition
- Breastfeeding
- Physical activity
- Sleep
- Sexual behaviours and orientation
- Technological devices
- Misbehaviour and criminality
- Other and unspecified lifestyle information
Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Physical environment
Administrative information
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Alcohol