Göttingen Risk Incidence and Prevalence Study (GRIPS)
GRIPS is a prospective cohort study that investigated the risk factors of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in males. The baseline investigation in 1982 included around 6,000 men, aged 40 to 60 years, from Göttingen, Germany. Over 5,700 participants who were free of cardiovascular disease at baseline were prospectively followed up for 10 years to record causes of morbidity and mortality, with a response rate of 97.4%.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
5,790 (participants)
Age at first data collection
40 - 60 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1982
Primary Institutions
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Forschungsgesellschaft Rauchen und Gesundheit (FRG) Hamburg
Verband der Lebensversicherungsunternehmen Deutschlands e.V.
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – unspecified
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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