Healthy Life in an Urban Setting Study (HELIUS)
The HELIUS Study follows a cohort of over 24,000 adult participants of Surinamese, Ghanaian, Turkish, Moroccan, and Dutch origin living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Participants were randomly sampled, stratified by ethnic origin, through the municipality register of Amsterdam. Additionally, up to three family members also living in Amsterdam were invited to participate allowing for multigenerational data collection.
Study design
Cohort - intergenerational, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
24,789 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 - 70 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)
Public Health Service of Amsterdam (Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst Amsterdam, GGD Amsterdam)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)
Corendon
Dutch Heart Foundation (Hartstichting)
European Union (EU)
Public Health Service of Amsterdam (Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst Amsterdam, GGD Amsterdam)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
