Singapore Multi-Ethnic Cohort Phase 2 (MEC2)
The Singapore Multi-Ethnic Cohort Phase 2 (MEC2) is an extension of MEC1 that expands the cohort by recruiting new participants, again from Chinese, Indian, and Malay ethnic groups and aged 21 years and older during recruitment. Participants were recruited from household visitations at government housing estates (where > 80% of Singaporeans reside) in different parts of Singapore. Since recruitment, data has been collected at 2 different timepoints: baseline, 2013 to 2016 (MEC2_T1); and first follow-up, 2016 to 2021 (MEC2_T2).
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
32,300 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 21 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Biomedical Research Council
Ministry of Health
National Medical Research Council (NMRC)
National University Health System (NUHS)
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – online
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Wearable devices
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
