Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Study Protocol
Abstract: Cantabria Cohort stems from a research and action initiative lead by researchers from Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital and University of Cantabria, supported by the regional Goverment. Its aim is to identify and follow up a cohort that would provide information to improve the understanding of the etiology and prognosis of different acute and chronic diseases. The Cantabria Cohort will recruit between 40,000-50,000 residents aged 40-69 years at baseline, representing 10-20% of the target population. Currently, more than 30,000 volunteers have been enrolled. All participants will be invited for a re-assessment every three years, while the overall duration is planned for twenty years. The repeated collection of biomaterials combined with broad information from participant questionnaires, medical examinations, actual health system records and other secondary public data sources is a major strength of its design, which will make it possible to address biological pathways of disease development, identify new factors involved in health and disease, design new strategies for disease prevention, and advance precision medicine. It is conceived to allow access to a large number of researchers worldwide to boost collaboration and medical research.
Source: BMC Public Health
Authors: Marta Alonso-Peña, Trinidad Dierssen, Maria José Marin, Jessica Alonso-Molero, Inés Gómez-Acebo, Inés Santiuste, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Galo Peralta, Javier Crespo, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos, Cantabria Cohort Collaborators, Ana Peleteiro-Vigil, Bernardo Alio Lavin Gomez, Olga Alvaro Melero, Maria Teresa Arias-Loste, Ana Batlle, Joaquin Cabezas, Jorge Calvo Montes, Joaquín Cayon de las Cuevas, Laura Conde, Lara Diego Gonzalez, Carmen Fariñas, Sara Fernandez Luis, Maria Fernandez Ortiz, Santiago Garcia Blanco, Gema Garcia Lopez, Maite Garcia Unzueta, Jose Carlos Garrido Gomez, Raquel Gonzalez, Paula Iruzubieta, Jesus Martin Lazaro, Lucia Martin Ruiz, Nerea Martinez Magunacelaya, Raul Martinez Santiago, Juan Manuel Medina, Maria Josefa Muruzabal Siges, Ana Padilla, Ana Peleteiro, Luis Reyes-González, David Ruiz, Alvaro Santos-Laso, Maria Elena Sanz Piña, David Sordo, Sergio Solorzano, Rafael Tejido, Reinhard Wallman, María Wunsch
Institutions: Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Universidad de Cantabria, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Universitat de Barcelona, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Fundacion Centro De Investigacion De Enfermedades Neurologicas, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,990
Awards: G3658681916, G7608361056
OpenAlex ID: W4389329862