Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Areas (MESA)
The Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area (MESA) was developed in 1991 to facilitate population-based medical research. MESA is a geographic region defined by zip codes where the majority of residents receive medical care at Marshfield Clinic Health System, its regional centers, and affiliated hospitals, in northern and central Wisconsin, United States of America. The cohort has grown to include over 185,000 individuals, who are followed up through linked databases and periodic quality control surveys. Linked databases contain information from as early as 1960. In 1998, a cohort of over 5,400 farm residents within MESA was created to study the unique characteristics of farm-related injuries and conditions. This MESA Farm Cohort is passively followed up, and farming exposures are actively collected on a per-project basis.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
~ 185,000 (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
1960 (linked data)
1991 (MESA)
Primary Institutions
Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
