title: The population study of women in Gothenburg 1980-81--the third phase of a longitudinal study. Comparison between participants and non-participants.
abstract: A representative population sample comprising 1,462 women was studied in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1968-69, and a third follow-up study was carried out in 1980-81. The participation rates in the baseline study and during the follow-up studies were high. In 1980-81 women in two new age strata, aged 26 and 38, were added. Women who had moved to or from Gothenburg during the study period were not found to differ from those who were living in Gothenburg during the total study period, while there were a few differences of statistical significance between refusers and participants in 1980-81. The mortality among initial refusers was about doubled compared to that of those who participated in the baseline study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Health Care, Gothenburg University, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bengtsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gredmark
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hallberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hällström
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Isaksson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lindquist
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindstedt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lurie
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nyström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002423:Cause of Death; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol