Clinical trial

Hamburg City Health Study - a German Cohort Study

Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT03934957

Recruiting nowNot applicableObservational

What this study is about

The Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) is a large, prospective, long-term, population-based cohort study and a unique research platform and network to obtain substantial knowledge about several risk and prognostic factors in major chronic diseases.

A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.

Basic eligibility

Age45 Years to 74 Years
SexAll
Healthy volunteersAccepted
ConditionCoronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Dementia, Cancer, Health Care, Vascular Diseases, Periodontal Diseases, Ocular Diseases, Respiratory Disease, Obesity

Full registry criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Inhabitant of the city of Hamburg at the time of inclusion into the study (Inclusion is time of written consent) * Age 45 to 74 years * Personally signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient knowledge of the German language, in order to understand study documents and computer assisted interview without translation * Physical or psychological incapability to travel to the study center and to cooperate in the investigations

Treatments and study arms

The registry does not list a named intervention.

Primary outcomes

self-reported Information on changes in health in the participantsyearly up to 12 years

coronary artery disease atrial fibrillation heart failure dementia stroke cancer such as prostate cancer and skin cancer chronic kidney diseases migraine musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoporosis and bone metastasis ocular diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, fundus hypertonicus, retinal vessel disease and neoplasm oral health including periodontal disease, oropharyngeal cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV)-infection psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders such as mental disorder or late - last depression pulmonary diseases such as obstructive lung disease sexual disorder skin diseases such as psoriasis, chronic wounds and inflammation vascular diseases such as aortic aneurysm, thrombosis and peripheral arterial disease

Study locations

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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Susannw BruderContact