CHinese Electronic health Records Research in Yinzhou (CHERRY)
The CHERRY study aims to collect electronic health records (EHRs) of adults in Yinzhou, an economically advanced region in southeastern China, serving as a big data resource for cardiovascular risk prediction and population management and providing evidence to improve the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in China. The study population consists of permanent residents of Chinese nationality residing in Yinzho who were 18 years of age or older as of January 1, 2009. In 2020, the study population consisted of 1.25 million individuals. The study includes data since 2009, and participants are continuously followed up through record linkage.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,250,000 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
> 18 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Peking University (北京大学, PKU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKRDP, 国家重点研发计划)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会, NSFC)
National Thousand Talents Program for Distinguished Young Scholars
Natural Science Foundation of Beijing
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
