Study of Health in Pomerania
The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) is a population-based epidemiological project consisting of three independent cohorts (SHIP-START, SHIP-TREND, and SHIP-NEXT).
The SHIP project has two main objectives:
- to assess prevalence and incidence of common risk factors, subclinical disorders, and clinical diseases; and
- to investigate the complex associations among risk factors, subclinical disorders, clinical diseases, and the consequences of diseases.
A particular characteristic of SHIP is that it does not focus on a selected disease; it rather attempts to describe health-related conditions with the widest possible focus using highly innovative non-invasive methods. Important medical areas of research include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, liver and biliary tract diseases, neurological diseases, thyroid diseases, dental diseases, lung diseases, addiction, and risk behaviour.
- Start Year
- 1997
- Funding
- SHIP is part of the Community Medicine Research Network of the University Medicine Greifswald, supported by the German Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Previous and/or current data collection and analyses are funded by the following institutions: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; German Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer?s Safety; German Research Foundation; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK); German Centre for Diabetes Research (DZD); German Asthma and COPD Network; European Commission (Horizon 2020 programme); Leibniz Society; Siemens AG, Health Care Sector (Erlangen, Germany); Beiersdorf AG (Hamburg, Germany); Data Input GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany); GABA International AG (Therwil, Switzerland); DETAX GmbH & Co. KG (Ettlingen, Germany); Mecklenburg-Vorpommersche Gesellschaft für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde an den Universitäten Greifswald und Rostock e. V.; Imedos Systems (Jena, Germany); Heinen & Löwenstein (Bad Ems, Germany); and InterSystems Corporation (Cambridge, MA, USA).
- Supplementary Information
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The SHIP project can also be found in the Maelstrom Catalogue.
More details on the imaging data available for the SHIP project can be found in the euCanSHare Imaging Catalogue.
Visit SHIP
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Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Follow Up
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SHIP comprises three cohorts: SHIP-START, SHIP-TREND, and SHIP-NEXT.
In the SHIP-START cohort, five examination-waves have been completed, SHIP-START-0 (1997-2001), SHIP-START-1 (2002 -2006), SHIP-START-2 (2008-2012), SHIP-START-3 (2014-2016), and SHIP-START-4 (2019-2021). In addition there are specific data collections such as SHIP-LEGENDE on psychiatric diseases and life-events.
For the SHIP-TREND cohort, the baseline examination (2008-2012) and the first follow-up (2015-2019) have been completed.
The baseline examination of SHIP-NEXT started in 2021, and is expected to end in 2024/2025.
Marker Paper
Volzke H, Schossow J, Schmidt CO, et al. Cohort Profile Update: The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP). Int J Epidemiol. 2022. doi:10.1093/ije/dyac034
PUBMED 35348705
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 8,728
- Number of participants with biosamples
- 8,728
- Supplementary Information
- N=8,728 refers to the sum of participants in the SHIP-START and SHIP-TREND cohorts, both of which are described in more detail below.
Data Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Sector of research
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| Investigators from not-for-profit organization |
Consent given by participants varies across sectors of research.
Transfer
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| Can leave the study facility | ||
| Can leave the country |
Consent given by participants varies regarding international use of data.
Cost
| Data | No Cost |
| Biosamples | No Cost |
Cost reduction for co-analyses
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We do not charge for the use of data and biomaterials from SHIP.
Description of the access procedures
Formally, after registration, a data access proposal has to be submitted via the web form at our transfer site. It is essential to have at least one collaboration partner at the University Medicine Greifswald for this. In case of questions, please contact our transfer unit
Further information on how to access data and regulations is available online: https://transfer.ship-med.uni-greifswald.de/FAIRequest/downloads
Availability of access information
On the study website : https://transfer.ship-med.uni-greifswald.de/FAI...