Manitoba Follow-up Study (MFUS)
As of 2024, the MFUS is Canada’s longest-running study of cardiovascular disease and ageing. The MFUS cohort consists of close to 4,000 men recruited from the Royal Canadian Air Force at the end of World War II. At entry to the study on 1 July 1948, the mean age of the cohort was 31 years, with 90% between ages 20 and 39 years. All study members were free of clinical evidence of ischaemic heart disease. On 1 July 2013, there remained 429 study members at a mean age of 92 years, 91% living in Canada with a geographical distribution similar to that of the national older adult population.
Study design
Cohort - occupational
Number of participants at first data collection
3,983 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1948
Primary Institutions
University of Manitoba (UManitoba)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)
Canadian Life Assurance Officers Association (CLHIA)
Canadian Research Council
Defense Research Board (now known as Defence Research and Development Canada)
Manitoba Health Research Council
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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