Survey: Swedish mammography cohort (SMC) 2019 lifestyle (Sweden)

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Primary purpose: To investigate the association between various modifiable factors and the development of significant chronic diseases.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Uppsala University.

Type of information: Offering insights into the relationship between diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors and the development of health conditions like cancer (breast, bowel, uterus, ovaries, kidneys), heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis, cataracts, and causes of death. It utilizes a longitudinal design and matches data with registers for comprehensive analysis. Questionnaire information in SMC 2019 Lifestyle [1].

Data level: respondent level.

Number of Records: 14,922 participants.

Date Range: 1987 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: breast cancer (C50), colon cancer (C18-C20), uterine cancer (C54-C55), ovarian cancer (C56) and kidney cancer (C64-C66).

Data access: partially publicly available [2], [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].

Contact information: Information in Contact section [5].