EpiHealth database and biobankThe purpose of EpiHealth is to build up a research resource that enables research to identify the causes of our most common public diseases that occur in middle-aged and elderly people. Many of these diseases are inherited to some extent and therefore we need not only to study the environmental impact and lifestyle factors but also genes to understand why these diseas

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Epidemiology for health - a joint initiative between Lund and Uppsala universities for national and international excellence Sweden has a long history of population-based data collection, based on social security numbers, and this forms a basis for researchers at Lund University  (LU) and Uppsala University (UU) to work together for the strategic research area (SRA) "Epidemiology for Health", or a

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What kind of diseases are studied?We study the most common common diseases that occur in middle-aged and elderly people such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, cancer, dementia, depression, lung disease, diabetes, obesity, joint and skeletal pain. We also study disabilities and quality of life, something that often changes as you get older.Who has been selected to participate in EpiHealth?Th

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Collected dataYour answers to the survey questionsResults from the physical measurements at the test centerBlood fats and blood glucoseWe also save your contact informationCooperation with registers and medical recordsWhen the collection has been going on for some time and we have data on a sufficient number of people, we plan to coordinate data from public registers and quality registers in Swede

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Research project in EpiHealthMilk and sour milk effects on inflammation and oxidative stress, proteins, metabolites and intestinal flora. Responsible researcher: Erika Olsson, erika [dot] olsson [at] surgsci [dot] uu [dot] se, Uppsala UniversityContrary to the general perception that milk gives strong bones, we were recently able to show that women who drink a lot of milk have a higher risk of fra

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The EpiHealth cohort - an open research resource The EpiHealth cohort comprises a total of 25,104 individuals from Uppsala and Malmö in the age groups 45-75 years and was collected during 2010-2016. Data include lung function (spirometry), inch ECG, blood pressure, body composition, cognitive test (Trial-Making-Test), fasting blood glucose and blood fats. A questionnaire that includes sociodemogra

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Publications Risk Factors For Coronary Artery DiseaseEpiHealth: a large population-based cohort study for investigation of gene-lifestyle interactions in the pathogenesis of common diseasesSleep duration is associated with healthy diet scores and meal patterns: results from the population-based EpiHealth studyBoth Weight at Age 20 and Weight Gain Have an Impact on Sleep Disturbances Later in Life:

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10 year anniversaryAbstract book from Developments in epidemiology and biomarker research: A life-course perspective. Malmö 21-22/3, 2019.Developments in epidemiology and biomarker research: A life-course perspective5 year anniversaryProgram and presentations from the conference A summary of EpiHealth over five years 2010-2014. Malmö 12-13/11.Program: EpiHealth's annual meeting and evaluation of i

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Researchers have requested extracts from EpiHealth's database for the following upcoming and current research projects below. Upcoming Research ProjectsResearchers have requested data extraction for the following projects from EpiHealth's database. If you do not want your information to be included in this project, contact Professor Sölve Elmståhl or Professor Lars Lind lars [dot] lind [at] medsci

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Report from IAGG-ER, May 2019, in Gothenburg

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Participants from four universities, as well as international actors, work together in the UserAge programme.  

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Lund UniversitySusanne Iwarsson (Principal Investigator) Steven Schmidt (Programme co-ordinator)Maria Haak (also Kristianstad and Gothenburg)Oskar Jonsson (also Linnaeus University)Håkan JönsonBjörn SlaugMaya KylénSara Hultqvist (Postdoc)Joakim Frögren (PhD student)Erik Skogh/Agata Garpenlind (Communication Officer)Stig Ålund (Chairman of the User Board)Kristianstad UniversityAlbert Westergren ()A

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The research centre brings together researchers from the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Social sciences, School of Economics and Management and Faculty of Engineering (LTH). Nilla AnderssonFaculty of MedicineElisabeth ArgentzellFaculty of MedicineDaniel BenoitFaculty of MedicineRosalia CamporealeFaculty of Engineering (LTH)Gunilla CarlssonFaculty of MedicineNick ChristieFaculty of

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The significance of housing for active and healthy ageing Read about the research project RELOC-AGE Social rights and housing for the ageing population Collaborate with CASE Research at CASEAbout usOur researchers CASE Scientific Sessions Seminars and workshops Collaboration with knowledge users More about the CASE user board Calendar Link to RSS More events

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This website is managed by the research group Active and healthy ageing at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website This page describes how case.lu.se/en complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report problems so that we can address them. How accessible is www.case.lu.se/en? Seve

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Our research is primarily focused on supportive environments for the ageing population. For example, our interdisciplinary research investigates the ageing population’s opportunities for activity, participation, mobility and health. You can find a list of all research projects on Lund University’s research portal LUCRIS. Find CASE’s research projects in Lund University’s research portalSearch by r

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