RecruitingNot Applicable

Hamburg City Health Study - a German Cohort Study

Germany45,000 participantsStarted 2016-02-08

Plain-language summary

The Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) is a large, prospective, long-term, population-based cohort study and a unique research platform and network to obtain substantial knowledge about several risk and prognostic factors in major chronic diseases.

Who can participate

Age range45 Years – 74 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Inhabitant of the city of Hamburg at the time of inclusion into the study (Inclusion is time of written consent) * Age 45 to 74 years * Personally signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient knowledge of the German language, in order to understand study documents and computer assisted interview without translation * Physical or psychological incapability to travel to the study center and to cooperate in the investigations

What they're measuring

self-reported Information on changes in health in the participants

Timeframe: yearly up to 12 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03934957

SponsorUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2022-12-31

Contact for this trial

Annika Jagodzinski, MD

0049741059328 A.Jagodzinski@uke.de

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