Harmonising physical health measures in five national cohort studies

The British cohort studies have been following different generations of people their whole lives. Over that time, the studies have gathered information from cohort members on a range of physical health conditions and diagnoses, which can be analysed alongside other rich information about cohort members’ lives – their social background, education, income, mental health, relationships and more.

To support researchers to conduct analyses comparing different generations, the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) is releasing a series of new datasets which ‘harmonise’ the physical health information in the five national cohort studies. The first two of these upcoming data releases cover asthma and diabetes measures.

In this webinar, the team will introduce the new harmonised asthma and diabetes measures in five national cohort studies. They will also update participants on plans to harmonise other physical health measures across these five studies. Attendees will hear about the methods CLS is using to harmonise these measures, including some examples of substantive research they are currently conducting.

This event will be particularly useful for researchers with an interest in health issues, including risk factors for health conditions and impacts of physical health on other aspects of life. It will be of particular interest to those wishing to conduct cross-cohort analyses.

Speakers

• Laura Gimeno - Research Assistant at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies
• Rebecca Hardy - Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at Loughborough University
• Martina Narayanan - Research Fellow at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Related links

• Centre for Longitudinal Studies
• Social Research Institute

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