IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 4, 2007
International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(3):481-485; doi:10.1093/ije/dym217
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Cohort Profile: Cohort of Norway (CONOR)
1Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
2Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
3Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
4Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
5Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
6HUNT Research Centre, Institute of Community Medicine, NTNU, Verdal, Norway.
7Institute of Community Medicine, NTNU, Verdal,Norway.
* Corresponding author. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: oena@fhi.no
Accepted 1 October 2007
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How did the study come about? |
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A number of large population-based cardiovascular surveys have been conducted in Norway since the beginning of the 1970s. The surveys were carried out by the National Health Screening Service in cooperation with the universities and local health authorities. All surveys comprised a common set of questions, standardized anthropometric and blood pressure measurements and non-fasting blood samples that were analysed for serum lipids at the Ullevål Hospital Laboratory. These surveys provided considerable experience in conducting large-scale population-based surveys, thus an important background for the Cohort of Norway (CONOR). In the late 1980s the Research Council of Norway established a programme in epidemiology. This also gave stimulus to the idea of establishing a cohort including both core survey data and stored blood samples. In the early 1990s, all universities, the National Health Screening Service, The National Institute of Public Health and the Cancer Registry discussed the possibility of a national representative cohort.1
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The purpose of CONOR |
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Who is in the sample? |
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What has been measured? |
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Measures
The CONOR questions
Blood samples
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What has been found? |
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What are the main strengths and weaknesses? |
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Can I get hold of the data? Where can I find out more? |
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