The Hisayama Study is a population-based cohort study conducted in Hisayama town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The 1983 Cohort began in 1983 and included over 2,400 participants aged 40 or older from the town of Hisayama. Participants included approximately 75% of the town's residents aged 40 or older. Participants are followed up every 5 years through health examinations and interviews until death or until the end of the Hisayama study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,459 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 40 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The typical Japanese population.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1983 (participants)
Primary Institutions
Kyushu University (九州大学)
Links
hisayama.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en
maelstrom-research.org/study/hs
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT/Monbusho)
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (厚生労働省, MHLW)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected


Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups