Aberdeen Prospective Osteoporosis Screening Study (APOSS)
APOSS was designed to investigate risk factors for osteoporosis. Participants were recruited from Aberdeen, Grampian, in northeast Scotland (United Kingdom). The study recruited over 5,000 women aged 45 to 54 years, residing within a 32-kilometre radius of the Osteoporosis Screening Unit in Aberdeen, at baseline data collection between 1990 and 1994. The study conducted follow-up data collection sweeps from 1997 to 2000 and 2007 to 2011, resulting in almost 20 years of collected data.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
5,119 (participants)
Age at first data collection
45 - 54 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1990
Primary Institutions
University of Aberdeen
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
European Commission
Food Standards Agency
Grampian Osteoporosis Trust
Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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