National FINRISK Study
The objective of this study was to monitor noncommunicable disease risk factors, health behaviour and their changes in the population. The aims of the FINRISK Study nowadays include more broadly the major noncommunicable diseases, not just cardiovascular diseases.
Overview
- Acronym
- FINRISK
- Website
- FINRISK
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cross-sectional
- Start - End Year
- 1972 - 2012
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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The survey was carried since 1972 every five years.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 60,000
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Each survey has added a new cohort into the Study
- Supplementary Information
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A unique personal identity code (PIC) is the key to carry out record linkages from the cohort data to national administrative registers. This enables follow-up studies for associations of individual-level health metrics with a number of register-based outcomes. The FINRISK Study cohorts have been linked to the following national administrative registers: Causes of Death Register from 1971 onwards, Care Register for Social Welfare and Health Care (HILMO) from 1969 onwards, Cancer Register from 1953 onwards, Drug Reimbursement Register from 1964 onwards, Drug Purchase Register from 1995 onwards and Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases from 1963 onwards. For the time being, the follow-up has been completed until the end of year 2017. The latest follow-up was conducted as part of the National FinHealth Study.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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The Executive Board of the FINRISK Study approves the data access based on written requests and study plans, after which a signed data use contract between the receiving institute and THL is required. Applications are administered through a web-based application portal at:
Marker Paper
Katja Borodulin, Tolonen H., Jousilahti P.,et al. Cohort Profile: The National FINRISK Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, 696–696i.
PUBMED 29165699Timeline
Population
FINRISK population
The population consists of 25 to 74-year-old permanent residents (with at least 1 year of residency and a personal identification code).
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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25
- Maximum age
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74
- Countries
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- Finland
- Territory
- North Karelia, Northern Savo, Turku and Loimaa, Helsinki and Vantaa, Northern Pohjanmaa and Kainuu, Lapland
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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The recruitment of the invitees was done by a mailed letter including a pre-scheduled appointment time for the health examination at a local study site, and the baseline questionnaire to be filled in. The study is based on random population samples, giving a good representation of the population of the study areas.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 60,000
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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The sample size ranged from 7927 to 13 699 over the years.Altogether, the study has now had nine crosssectional surveys including a total of 101 451 invitees . As the main rule, there are no re-examinations except for occasional persons who were selected to more than one independent survey by chance.
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | FINRISK - Survey 1 |
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1972 | 1972 |
| 1 | FINRISK - Survey 2 |
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1977 | 1977 |
| 2 | FINRISK - Survey 3 |
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1982 | 1982 |
| 3 | FINRISK - Survey 4 |
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1987 | 1987 |
| 4 | FINRISK - Survey 5 |
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1992 | 1992 |
| 5 | FINRISK - Survey 6 |
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1997 | 1997 |
| 6 | FINRISK - Survey 7 |
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2002 | 2002 |
| 7 | FINRISK - Survey 8 |
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2007 | 2007 |
| 8 | FINRISK - Survey 9 |
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2012 | 2012 |
| 9 | FINRISK - Survey 10 |
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2017 | 2017 |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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