Cohort of Norway (CONOR)
CONOR refers to a collection of health data and biosamples, and the collaboration between the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and four universities in Norway. Close to 310,000 individuals were invited to the 10 surveys, and recruited from the Population Registry of Norway. A total of 7,309 respondents completed 2 surveys, over 2,000 respondents were aged under 25 years, over 6,000 were aged over 75 years, and the majority of participants were aged between 35 and 54 years.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
173,236 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, NTNU)
University of Bergen
University of Oslo
University of Tromsø
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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