KORA Study, KORA Studie

https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/epi/cohort/kora

Description

KORA is a prospective population-based adult cohort study in the Region of Augsburg, Germany. Its research focus is diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, health in old age, allergies and the environment. The cohort consists of four cross-sectional basel

KORA is a prospective population-based adult cohort study in the Region of Augsburg, Germany. Its research focus is diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, health in old age, allergies and the environment. The cohort consists of four cross-sectional basel...

General Design

Type: Cohort study
Cohort type: Population cohort
Data collection type: Prospective
Design: Cross-sectional
Design description: Four cross-sectional baseline surveys have been performed at five year intervals (S1 in 1984-1985, S2 in 1989-1990, S3 in 1994-1995 and S4 in 1999-2001), each comprising an independent random sample. KORA follow-up studies are conducted at regular intervals to assess the health status of the population in Augsburg and the surrounding area and serve as a pool for nested case-control and case-cohort studies.
Design schematic: Design schematic
Start/End data collection: 1984 (ongoing)
Design paper: KORA--a research platform for population based health research

Population

Countries: Germany
Number of participants: 17602
Population age groups: Adult (25-44 years), Middle-aged (45-64 years), Aged (65-79 years)
Main medical condition: No main medical condition
Inclusion criteria: Age group inclusion criterion
Country of residence inclusion criteria
Sex inclusion criterion

Organisations

Lead organisations

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)
Germany
https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/epi
Data originator, Data holder, Data provider, Researcher

Contributors

prof. dr. Annette PetersHelmholtz Munichannette.peters@helmholtz-munich.de
Principal Investigator
dr. Birgit LinkohrHelmholtz Munichbirgit.linkohr@helmholtz-munich.de
Project manager

Subpopulations

List of subpopulations for this resource

List of subpopulations for this resource...

Name	Description	Number of participants

Networks

Part of networks

Part of networks...

Publications

KORA--a research platform for population based health research

Access conditions

Data and Biosamples can be requested by scientists for research projects by means of Project Agreements via the KORA.PASST Use & Access platform of Helmholtz Munich (https://helmholtz-muenchen.managed-otrs.com/external). The rights of study participa

Data and Biosamples can be requested by scientists for research projects by means of Project Agreements via the KORA.PASST Use & Access platform of Helmholtz Munich (https://helmholtz-muenchen.managed-otrs.com/external). The rights of study participa...

Data access conditions: health or medical or biomedical research
Data use conditions: research specific restrictions
collaboration required
ethics approval required
time limit on use
user specific restriction
project specific restriction
institution specific restriction
Data access fee: false
Release type: Periodically
Release description: Data will be released after the data cleaning has finished following the completion of a follow-up study.
Linkage options: https://helmholtz-muenchen.managed-otrs.com/external

Funding & Acknowledgements

Funding: The KORA study was initiated and financed by the Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and by the State of Bavaria. Data collection in the KORA study is done in cooperation with the University Hospital of Augsburg.
Acknowledgements: We thank all participants for their long-term commitment to the KORA study, the staff for data collection and research data management and the members of the KORA Study Group (https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/epi/cohort/kora) who are responsible for the design and conduct of the study.