Hoorn Diabetes Care System Cohort (DCS)
The DCS is a prospective, dynamic cohort representing a comprehensive dataset on the natural course of type 2 diabetes with repeated clinical measures and outcomes. The DCS consists of persons with type 2 diabetes in primary care from the West-Friesland region of the Netherlands. Enrolment in the cohort started in 1998 and, as of September 2024, consists of around 15,000 Dutch adults with type 2 diabetes. Clinical measures were collected annually. The DCS cohort is linked to national registries to retrieve data on care use, the occurrence of chronic diseases, and causes of death.
Study design
Biobank, Cohort - clinical, Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
~15000 (participants as of 2024)
Recruitment is ongoing
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
1998
Primary Institutions
VU University Medical Center (VU Medisch Centrum, VUmc) (Research, Netherlands)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam University Medical Center (VUMC) (Healthcare/Medical, Netherlands)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
