Gothenburg 95+ study ( H95+)
H95+ was a multidisciplinary longitudinal study of around 1,000 individuals aged 95 years and older in Gothenburg, Sweden. Beginning in 1996, the study recruited individuals born between 1901 and 1911 from the Swedish population register. Participants were followed up every 1-2 years until 2018, with the oldest participant followed up from age 95 to 109 years.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
1,020 (participants)
Age at first data collection
95 - 109 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1901 - 1911 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Individuals aged 95 to 109 years in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1996
Primary Institutions
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet)
Links
gu.se/en/agecap/our-research/h70-and-other-population-studies
maelstrom-research.org/study/h-70
jp-demographic.eu/dataproject-home/dataproject-database-detail/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Alzheimer's Association
Handlanden Hjalmar Svenssons Forskningsfond
Stiftelsen Professor Bror Gadelius Minnesfond
Stiftelsen Söderström - Königska sjukhemmet
Stiftelsen för Gamla Tjänarinnor
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Computerized tomography (CT)
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
