Adventist Mortality Study
The Adventist Mortality Study investigated the relationship between lifestyle and mortality in a cohort of 22,940 Seventh-day Adventist church members, aged over 30 years, from California, United States. At baseline in 1960, the participants completed the same questionnaire as administered in the American Cancer Society study, that covered demographic, medical, dietary, and lifestyle characteristics. The cohort were followed up with further questionnaires for 5 years, and subsequently by record linkage and personal contact for all-cause mortality for up to 26 years.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
22,940 (participants)
Age at first data collection
35 - 90 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1960
Primary Institutions
Loma Linda University (LLU) (Academic, United States of America)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
American Cancer Society (ACS) (Third Sector, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Mortality data
- Religious organisation data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
