Italian Network of Longitudinal Metropolitan Studies (IN-LiMeS)
The IN-LiMeS is a multicentre and multipurpose pool of metropolitan population cohorts in nine Italian cities: Turin, Venice, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, Florence, Leghorn, Prato, and Rome. The network functions as an integrated monitoring system gathering demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical information at the individual level from four linked data sources, including the 2001 Italian Census. Over 4.4 million participants were enrolled in the network as of the 2001 census day across the 9 cohorts. The earliest data included in the network originates from the 1971 Italian Census as part of the Turin cohort.
Study design
Cohort, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
4,466,655 (participants)
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
1971 (census)
2001 (IN-LiMeS)
Primary Institutions
National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (Istituto Nazionale per la promozione della salute delle popolazioni Migranti ed il contrasto delle malattie della Povertà, INMP)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (Istituto Nazionale per la promozione della salute delle popolazioni Migranti ed il contrasto delle malattie della Povertà, INMP)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
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