Tarnobrzeg MONICA Study

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Start Year
1983
End Year
1998
Supplementary Information
The Tarnobrzeg MONICA Study was conducted by the Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Care, Medical College Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The study is also known as the POL-MONICA Krakow Study.
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Investigators Contacts
  • Prof. Dr. Andrzej Pajak
    Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University
  • Prof. Dr. Andrzej Pajak
    Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
The cohorts were linked to the Voivodship Death Register to identify the deaths. Record linkage was done using person's date of birth and address. Person's moving out of the area of Voivodship were received from the Local Address Register.
Supplementary Information
Only deaths are followed up (official underlying cause of death is available) for the harmonized MORGAM data, see detailed information on follow-up procedures in MORGAM e-publication.

Marker Paper

Evans A, Salomaa V, Kulathinal S, Asplund K, Cambien F, Ferrario M, Perola M, Peltonen L, Shields D, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, for the MORGAM Project. MORGAM (an international pooling of cardiovascular cohorts). Int J Epidemiol 2005;34:21-27.

PUBMED 15561751

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
5,362
Number of participants with biosamples
0

Data Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Description of the access procedures

Access to the local data is approved on a case-by-case basis. For more information about data request please contact the study representative.

For access to the harmonized MORGAM data from many MORGAM Centres, one should seek a collaboration with any of the Centre which can submit a publication proposal to the MORGAM/BiomarCaRE Steering Group.


Availability of access information

By contacting the study representative

Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
35
Maximum age
64
Countries
  • Poland
Territory
Tarnobrzeg Voivodship, province of Poland.
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Number of participants

Number of participants
2,722
Number of participants with biosamples
0
Supplementary Information
Response rate to the baseline survey was 81%.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Tarnobrzeg MONICA Cohort 01 Baseline Baseline examination (questionnaire and health examination). 1983-04 1984-11
1 Tarnobrzeg MONICA Cohort 01 Mortality and disease outcome follow-up in MORGAM data Follow-up for fatal cardiovascular events and deaths in the harmonized MORGAM data. See the end-points followed up in [a MORGAM e-publication](https://www.thl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/full/po... 1983-04 1998-12
Selection Criteria
Minimum age
35
Maximum age
64
Countries
  • Poland
Territory
Tarnobrzeg Voivodship, province of Poland.
Ethnic Origin
Health Status
Supplementary Information

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,311
Number of participants with biosamples
0
Supplementary Information
Response rate to the baseline survey was 73%.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Tarnobrzeg MONICA Cohort 02 Baseline Baseline examination (questionnaire and health examination). 1987-05 1988-11
1 Tarnobrzeg MONICA Cohort 02 Mortality and disease outcome follow-up in MORGAM data Follow-up for fatal cardiovascular events and deaths in the harmonized MORGAM data. See the end-points followed up in [a MORGAM e-publication](https://www.thl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/full/po... 1987-05 1998-12
Selection Criteria
Minimum age
35
Maximum age
64
Countries
  • Poland
Territory
Tarnobrzeg Voivodship, province of Poland.
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,329
Number of participants with biosamples
0
Supplementary Information
Response rate to the baseline survey was 75%.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Tarnobrzeg MONICA Cohort 03 Baseline Baseline examination (questionnaire and health examination). 1992-06 1993-07
1 Tarnobrzeg MONICA Cohort 03 Mortality and disease outcome follow-up in MORGAM data Follow-up for fatal cardiovascular events and deaths in the harmonized MORGAM data. See the end-points followed up in [a MORGAM e-publication](https://www.thl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/full/po... 1992-06 1998-12
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