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BRHS 20 year follow up physical examination 1998-2000 (Q20)

At this study time point, 4252 BRHS cohort participants underwent a physical examination - and completed a postal questionnaire. An additional postal questionnaire with detailed questions on physical activity and diet was completed by 4582 cohort participants.

Data are available for:

  • Questionnaire
  • Questionnaire on Physical Activity and Diet
  • Physical examination measurements
  • ECG
  • Blood biomarkers
  • Derived variables
  • Participant profile data (sociodemographic)
  • Climate data
  • Air pollution
  • Metabolite data

Physical examination protocol

The physical examination protocol document describes the study objectives, design, methods and procedures, assessment types,  organisation of the field study, including specific details on how the research data collection and schedules were conducted during the 20 year follow-up physical examination.

Data documentation and data dictionaries

Description of the data available, data collection methods and methods for derivation of variables are found in the data documentation files for the different data sets- see table below. Data dictionaries include listing all the available variables, BRHS variable names, units/category labels, value ranges, number with data and number with missing data as well as a reference to methods sections described in the data documentation file.

    DATA DOCUMENTATION FILEDATA DICTIONARY

    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Physical exam measurements 

    File BRHS 1998-2000 Q20 - Physical exam measurements data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - ECG File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - ECG data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Blood biomarkers File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Blood biomarkers data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Derived variables File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Derived and adjusted variables data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Participant profile File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Participant profile data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Climate File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Climate data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Air pollution File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Air pollution data dictionary
    BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Metabolites File BRHS 1998-2000 (Q20) 20 year follow-up - Metabolites data dictionary