Cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart diseases and stroke Circulatory System
Conditions
Interventions
A validated FFQ was used to estimate the dietary intake of 35,620 Dutch men and women from the EPIC-NL study. CVD, CHD and stroke morbidity and mortality data were obtained through linkage with nation
Sponsors
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The EPIC-NL study consists of two cohorts: 1. The MORGEN cohort consists of men and women aged 20 – 65 years selected from random samples of the Dutch population in three towns in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Doetinchem, Maastricht) 2. The Prospect cohort consists of women from the Dutch town Utrecht or its vicinity, who participated in a breast cancer screening program
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Missing food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) 2. Extremely low or high reported energy intake (i.e. those in the lowest or highest 0.5% of the ratio of energy intake over basal metabolic rate) 3. No permission to link with the Dutch Hospital Discharge Diagnosis Database 4. Missing vital status 5. Missing cause of death 6. Prevalent CVD at baseline based on self-report or identified through linkage with the Dutch Hospital Discharge Diagnosis Database 7. Prevalent Diabetes Mellitus at baseline based on self-report, or missing data on confounders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CVD morbidity and mortality data obtained through linkage with national registries from baseline (1993 – 1993) to 2010 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CHD and stroke morbidity and mortality data obtained through linkage with national registries from baseline (1993 – 1993) to 2010 | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactFloor Scheffers
Outcome results
None listed