Aragon Workers Health Study (AWHS)
The AWHS is a longitudinal study involving 5,400 participants working at a car assembly plant in Zaragoza, Spain. Participants were recruited during their annual health exams between 2009 to 2010, with the study aiming to investigate the development of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases within middle-aged individuals free of clinical cardiovascular disease. The participants specifically included of 5,048 male participants, with the mean age of 49.3 years and 351 female participants, with the mean age of 40.8 years, who are followed-up for 10 years.
Study design
Cohort, Biobank
Number of participants at first data collection
5,399 (participants)
Age at first data collection
40 - 55 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Aragon Health Sciences Institute (Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS)
Institute for Health Research Aragon (Fundaci'n Instituto Investigaci'n Sanitaria de Arag'n (IIS Arag'n)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences (Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud)
Carlos III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII)
General Motors
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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