Boyd Orr Cohort Study
The Boyd Orr is a historical Cohort Study that follows over 3,000 older adults across several sites in England and Scotland, United Kingdom. Members of the cohort were originally participants in the Carnegie Survey of Diet and Health from 1937 to 1939, with the first re-contact and follow-up in the current study commencing in 1997.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,182 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
University of Bristol (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
British Heart Foundation (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
Medical Research Council (MRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
Research into Ageing (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
SurvivorsUK (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
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
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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