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Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study
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Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study

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Start Year
1991
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Sven Sandin
    Karolinska Institutet
  • Dr. Sven Sandin
    Karolinska Institutet

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
After the baseline, participants were followed-up once in 2003.
Supplementary Information

Marker Paper

Roswall N, Sandin S, Adami HO, Weiderpass E. 2015. Cohort Profile: The Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health cohort. Int J Epidemiol. doi:10.1093/ije/dyv089

PUBMED 26066328

Recruitment

Recruitment Target
  • Individuals

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
49,258

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other
Yes
No
Not applicable
Don't know

Timeline

SWLH population

Selection Criteria
Sex
Women
Minimum age
29
Maximum age
49
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • Sweden
Territory
Uppsala Health Care region
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information
Participants were randomly selected from the Swedish Population Registry at Statistics Sweden based on their unique, 10-digit national registration number.
Participants from Existing Studies

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
49,258
Supplementary Information about selection criteria
Baseline: 49 258 participants
Follow-up: 34 402 participants
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 SWLH - Baseline The baseline questionnaire included a detailed assessment of hormonal and reproductive factors, including menstrual history, use of hormone replacement therapy, pregnancies and breastfeeding, oral ... 1991 1992
1 SWLH - Registries All participants are continuously monitored through linkage to Swedish registries on death, inpatient care and immigration. 1991 2016
2 SWLH - Follow-up Participants still living in Sweden were sent a second questionnaire to update the assessment of lifestyle habits. Questions from topics that were not assessed during the baseline, such as ... 2003 2003

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

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Twin
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Citizenship and immigrant status
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Sleep
Sexual behaviours and orientation
Technological devices
Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history

Puberty, menstruation, menopause and andropause
Contraception
Pregnancy, delivery and birth
Fertility and sexual health

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Perception of health
Functional limitations

Diseases

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake
Posology and protocol of administration
Other and unspecified pharmacological interventions

Non-pharmacological interventions

Surgical interventions
Radiological interventions
Laboratory diagnosis interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations
Community and social care
Other health and community care

Death

Vital status
Cause of death
Other end of life or death-related information

Physical measures and assessments

Physical characteristics
Anthropometry

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Psychological distress and emotions

Preschool, school and work life

Work life

Social environment and relationships

Social participation
Social support

Physical environment

Workplace characteristics
Radiation exposure
Chemical exposure

Administrative information

Identifiers
Date and time-related information
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Physical and cognitive measure and biosample-related information
Other administrative information

Psychological distress and emotions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders

Nutrition

Food Frequency Questionnaire (different forms)