The Rotterdam Study: 2012 Objectives and Design Update

Overview

Journal Eur J Epidemiol

Specialty Public Health

Date 2011 Aug 31

PMID 21877163

Citations 125

Authors

Albert Hofman

Cornelia M Van Duijn

Oscar H Franco

M Arfan Ikram

Harry L A Janssen

Caroline C W Klaver

Ernst J Kuipers

Tamar E C Nijsten

Bruno H Ch Stricker

Henning Tiemeier

Andre G Uitterlinden

Meike W Vernooij

Jacqueline C M Witteman

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Abstract

The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, oncological, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. The findings of the Rotterdam Study have been presented in over a 1,000 research articles and reports (see www.erasmus-epidemiology.nl/rotterdamstudy ). This article gives the rationale of the study and its design. It also presents a summary of the major findings and an update of the objectives and methods.

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