Multinational MONItoring of Trends and Determinants in CArdiovascular Disease: Catalonia (MONICA Catalonia)
The WHO MONICA initiative aimed to understand cardiovascular disease trends and their determinants. The Catalonia cohort of WHO MONICA included over 5,000 participants from Bages, Berguedá, Solsonés, Vallés Oriental and Vallés Occidental (province of Barcelona) in Spain, aged 25 to 67 years in two cohorts. Over 2,500 Cohort 1 participants completed the baseline data collection in 1986 and were followed up until 1998. Over 2,900 Cohort 2 participants completed baseline data collection in 1990 and were followed up until 1999.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,571 (Cohort 1 participants)
2,936 (Cohort 2 participants)
Age at first data collection
25 - 67 years (Cohort 1 participants)
25 - 67 years (Cohort 2 participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (Cohort 1 participants)
Varied (Cohort 2 participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1986 (Cohort 1 participants)
1990 (Cohort 2 participants)
Primary Institutions
University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, UB)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Catalan Department of Health and Social Security
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
