Oslo Health Study (The) [HUBRO]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name	Oslo Health Study (The)
Acronym	HUBRO
Last update	04/02/2009

Affiliation

Principal investigator

No information available

Contacts

Christian Madsen (Dr.)	Norwegian Institute of Public Health Email: datatilgang@fhi.no; christian.madsen@fhi.no
Kjersti A. Nerhus (Advisor/Cand.scient.)	Norwegian Institute of Public Health Phone: +47 21078164 Email: kjne@fhi.no
Camilla Stoltenberg (Dr.)	Phone: +47 21 07 82 38 Email: camilla.stoltenberg@fhi.no

Website

• http://www.fhi.no/eway/default.aspx?pid=238&trg=MainLeft_5895&MainArea_5811=5895:0:15,4225:1:0:0:::0:0&MainLeft_5895=5825:54464::1:5896:3:::0:0

OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of the population-based Oslo Health Study (HUBRO) were to:
- identify health needs within the community and determine the priorities in the health sector
- monitor the developments and trends of diseases and their associated risks
-estimate the prevalence and later the incidence of chronic diseases
- identify social and geographical differences in health and associated risk factors for disease
- initiate research in order to further investigate the aetiology of major health problems

METHODS

	Legend Yes No Unknown

General design

Study design	Cross-sectional prevalence
Type of participants	Individuals
Target or final number of participants	18770
	Of the 40 888 citizens invited, a total of 18 770 individuals (46 %) participated in the survey.
Target or final number of DNA	No information available

Participant selection / Characteristics of the population

Selection criteria

Age	Minimun: 20 years
Country of residence	Norway
Other criteria	All men and women residing in Oslo Dec. 1999.

STATUS

Current status

Phase	Start	End
Preparation phase/Pilot	--	--
Baseline recruitment / initial data collection	2000	2001
Follow-up of participants	--	--

Current number of participants recruited	18770

Current number of collected DNA samples	18770