IJE Advance Access originally published online on March 3, 2008
International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(1):48-52; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn041
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.
Cohort Profile: The Health In Men Study (HIMS)
1 School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Australia.
2 Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA), WA Institute for Medical Research, Australia.
3 School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Australia.
4 School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Austrailia.
5 School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, Austrailia.
* Corresponding author. School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, PO Box 480, Fremantle, WA 6959, Australia. E-mail: paul.norman@uwa.edu.au
Accepted 11 February 2008
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
 |
How did the study come about? |
|---|
The Health In Men Study (HIMS) arose out of a population-based randomized trial of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) conducted in Perth, Western Australia in 1996–99.1,2 Only men aged 65 years and over were recruited into the trial as AAAs are uncommon below this age and are six times more common in men than women. The aim of the trial was to assess whether screening reduced mortality from AAA. Secondary outcomes included assessments of the impact of screening on all-cause mortality and quality of life3 and a study of the rates of expansion of screen-detected AAAs.4
|
Who is in the sample? |
|---|
The numbers of participants at each phase of the study are summarized in Figure 1. All men were identified from an electronic copy of the electoral roll, enrolment to vote being compulsory for all Australian adults. The target age range was 65–79 years and the potentially available number of men in Perth
|
What does HIMS cover? |
|---|
|
What has been measured? |
|---|
Baseline survey (1996–99)
Follow-up survey (2001–04)
Follow-up via the Western Australian linked data system
|
What is attrition like? |
|---|
|
What has it found? |
|---|
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Peripheral arterial disease
Cardiovascular risk
Mental health and cognitive function
Metabolic and endocrine studies
Genotypic studies
|
What are the main strengths and weaknesses of HIMS? |
|---|
|
What rules govern access to HIMS? |
|---|
CiteULike 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  B. B Yeap, S A P. Chubb, Z. Hyde, K. Jamrozik, G. J Hankey, L. Flicker, and P. E Norman Lower serum testosterone is independently associated with insulin resistance in non-diabetic older men: the Health In Men Study Eur. J. Endocrinol., October 1, 2009; 161(4): 591 - 598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 O. P Almeida, P. E Norman, R. Allcock, F. v. Bockxmeer, G. J Hankey, K. Jamrozik, and L. Flicker Polymorphisms of the CRP gene inhibit inflammatory response and increase susceptibility to depression: The Health in Men Study Int. J. Epidemiol., August 1, 2009; 38(4): 1049 - 1059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 O. P. Almeida, K. McCaul, G. J. Hankey, P. Norman, K. Jamrozik, and L. Flicker Homocysteine and Depression in Later Life Arch Gen Psychiatry, November 1, 2008; 65(11): 1286 - 1294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|