Heinz Nixdorf RECALL (HNR)

Sample details

HNR aimed to improve the prediction of cardiovascular events using imaging and non-imaging methods in risk assessment. Between 2000 and 2003, HNR recruited participants aged 45 to 75 years from Essen, Bochum and Mülheim in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Over 4,800 participants completed the baseline data collection. Data were collected on participants at 13 time points over a 15-year period.

Study design
Cohort

Number of participants at first data collection

4,818 (participants)

Age at first data collection

45 - 75 years (participants)

Participant year of birth

Varied (participants)

Participant sex
All

Representative sample at baseline?
No

Sample features

Adults

Middle-aged people

Older and elderly people

Dataset details

Country

Germany

Year of first data collection

2000

Primary Institutions

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, HHU)

University Hospital Essen

University of Duisburg-Essen (Universität Duisburg-Essen)

Links

doi.org/10.1177/0020764020925515

doi.org/10.1007/s10654-005-5529-z

Profile paper DOI

doi.org/10.1067/mhj.2002.123579

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)

German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)

Heinz Nixdorf Foundation (Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung)

Ongoing?
No

Data types collected

Quantitative data collection

Interview – face-to-face
Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted

Qualitative data collection