Mumbai Cohort Study
The Mumbai Cohort Study follows nearly 100,000 individuals from the city of Mumbai, India. The cohort members were aged 35 years or older at baseline and the majority belonged to middle, lower-middle, and lower classes. The cohort was followed up 5 to 6 years after the initial survey in 1997 to 1999. The study recruited more cohort members until 1997, and aims to follow them until mortality.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
99,570 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 35 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1991
Primary Institutions
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
