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Warsaw MONICA Study

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Start Year
1983
End Year
1998
Supplementary Information
The Warsaw MONICA Study was conducted by the The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
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Investigators Contacts
  • Wojciech Drygas
    National Institute of Cardiology

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
Polish Universal Electronic Population Register (PESEL) was used to find out vital status and date of death or emigration, and Central Death Register contains the cause of death. Non-fatal event were followed up using the MONICA Coronary and Stroke Registers.
Supplementary Information
Deaths and cardiovascular events are followed up. in 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
5,577
Number of participants with biosamples

Data Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Description of the access procedures

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.


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Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
35
Maximum age
64
Countries
  • Poland
Territory
Administrative districts of Warsaw right bank of Vistula (Warsaw Praga)
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

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

Number of participants

Number of participants
2,646
Number of participants with biosamples
Supplementary Information
Response rate to the baseline survey was 74%.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Warsaw MONICA Cohort 01 Baseline Baseline examination (questionnaire and health examination). 1983-12 1985-01
1 Warsaw MONICA Cohort 01 Mortality and disease outcome follow-up in MORGAM data Follow-up for cardiovascular events and death in the harmonized MORGAM data. See the end-points followed up in [a MORGAM e-publication](https://www.thl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/full/poland/po... 1983-12 1998-12
Selection Criteria
Minimum age
35
Maximum age
64
Countries
  • Poland
Territory
Administrative districts of Warsaw right bank of Vistula (Warsaw Praga)
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

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

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,417
Number of participants with biosamples
Supplementary Information
Response rate to the baseline survey was 76%.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Warsaw MONICA Cohort 02 Baseline Baseline examination (questionnaire and health examination). 1988-01 1989-01
1 Warsaw MONICA Cohort 02 Mortality and disease outcome follow-up in MORGAM data Follow-up for cardiovascular events and death in the harmonized MORGAM data. See the end-points followed up in [a MORGAM e-publication](https://www.thl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/full/poland/po... 1988-01 1998-12
Selection Criteria
Minimum age
35
Maximum age
64
Countries
  • Poland
Territory
Administrative districts of Warsaw right bank of Vistula (Warsaw Praga)
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

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

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,514
Number of participants with biosamples
Supplementary Information
Response rate to the baseline survey was 76%.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Warsaw MONICA Cohort 03 Baseline Baseline examination (questionnaire and health examination). 1993-01 1993-12
1 Warsaw MONICA Cohort 03 Mortality and disease outcome follow-up in MORGAM data Follow-up for cardiovascular events and death in the harmonized MORGAM data. See the end-points followed up in [a MORGAM e-publication](https://www.thl.fi/publications/morgam/cohorts/full/poland/po... 1993-01 1998-12
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