Girona Heart Registry (REGICOR)
REGICOR began in 1978 as a hospital registry, then in 1995, it established a population-based cohort to investigate cardiovascular (CV) risk factor prevalence and control. The REGICOR cohort includes 11,631 adults from four surveys conducted in 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2018 in the Girona province of North-Eastern Spain. At inclusion, 52% of the study population were females, and the survey cohort's mean ages were 51, 50, 57, and 45 years, respectively. After the initial examination, participants from the 1995, 2000, and 2005 surveys were re-examined in person twice between 2007–2013 and 2017–2022. As of 2025, participants from the 2018 survey have not yet undergone re-examination. Follow-up data on CV events and cause-specific mortality are available for the majority of participants since baseline, with a median follow-up time of 18.6 years.
Study design
Cohort, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,748 (1995 survey cohort)
3,030 (2000 survey cohort)
6,308 (2005 survey cohort)
545 (2018 survey cohort)
Age at first data collection
25 - 74 years (1995 survey cohort)
25 - 74 years (2000 survey cohort)
35 - 81 years (2005 survey cohort)
35 - 55 years (2018 survey cohort)
Participant year of birth
Varied (1995 survey cohort)
Varied (2000 survey cohort)
Varied (2005 survey cohort)
Varied (2018 survey cohort)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The general population of the Girona province in North-Eastern Spain.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1995 (1995 survey cohort)
2000 (2000 survey cohort)
2005 (2005 survey cohort)
2018 (2018 survey cohort)
1978 (Girona Heart Registry)
Primary Institutions
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM, Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS)
Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris de Recerca, AGAUR)
BBVA Foundation
Carlos III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII)
Catalan Health Department
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- 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
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
