Survey/Biobank: FINRISK (Finland)

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Type of database: survey; biobank; genomics.

Primary purpose: Store the sample collection and data information of participants from the FINRISK survey. The purpose of the survey was to assess the risk factors of chronic diseases, including cancer.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: THL Biobank.

Type of information: cross-sectional. education; marital status; income; employment status; age; sex; region; year; self-perceived health; self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases; diagnosis; check-up examinations; quality of life; medical procedures; alcohol consumption; smoking habit; number of drugs; medication use; length of stay; periodicity of physician consultation.

Data Dictionary: FINRISK.

Click here to learn more in "Variable Descriptions". Click here to learn more about the questionnaires.

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: About 35,000.

Date Range: 1972 - 2012.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: not publicly available. Data has access costs. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.