title: Cohort Profile: the HUNT Study, Norway.
abstract: The HUNT Study includes large total population-based cohorts from the 1980ies, covering 125 000 Norwegian participants; HUNT1 (1984-86), HUNT2 (1995-97) and HUNT3 (2006-08). The study was primarily set up to address arterial hypertension, diabetes, screening of tuberculosis, and quality of life. However, the scope has expanded over time. In the latest survey a state of the art biobank was established, with availability of biomaterial for decades ahead. The three population based surveys now contribute to important knowledge regarding health related lifestyle, prevalence and incidence of somatic and mental illness and disease, health determinants, and associations between disease phenotypes and genotypes. Every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag County in Norway being 20 years or older, have been invited to all the surveys for adults. Participants may be linked in families and followed up longitudinally between the surveys and in several national health- and other registers covering the total population. The HUNT Study includes data from questionnaires, interviews, clinical measurements and biological samples (blood and urine). The questionnaires included questions on socioeconomic conditions, health related behaviours, symptoms, illnesses and diseases. Data from the HUNT Study are available for researchers who satisfy some basic requirements (www.ntnu.edu/hunt), whether affiliated in Norway or abroad.
authors.affiliation: HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Authority, Norway.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krokstad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langhammer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hveem
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Holmen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Midthjell
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Stene
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bratberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heggland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holmen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult