Renfrew/Paisley study
The Renfrew/Paisley study was one of four separate cardiorespiratory cohort studies carried out in Scotland, United Kingdom, in the 1960s and 1970s, and known collectively as the Midspan studies. The Renfrew/Paisley cohort included around 7,000 men and 8,300 women who were aged 45 to 64 years old and living in the towns of Renfrew and Paisley within the west of Scotland at baseline in 1972-1976. The cohort was followed up around 4 years later, in 1977-1979, with the same questionnaire and physical examinations as baseline, and has also been followed up for around 30 years via linkage to morbidity and mortality registers. In 1993-94, adult offspring of some of the married couples within the Renfrew/Paisley cohort were invited to take part in the final Midspan study, known as the Family study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
15,402 (participants)
Age at first data collection
45 - 64 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1972
Primary Institutions
University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu) (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Renfrewshire King Edward Memorial Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Scottish Home and Health Department (Government, Scotland)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
