Rotterdam Study - I (RS-I)
RS-I investigates the prevalence, incidence, and risk of chronic diseases in middle-aged and elderly populations in the Netherlands. In 1990, the study recruited adults aged 55 and older living in the Onmoord suburb of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. At baseline, over 7,900 participants were included in the cohort. RS-I collected data at seven time points over 19 years, with the final data collection taking place between 2018 and 2019.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
7,983 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 55 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1990
Primary Institutions
Erasmus University Medical Centre (Erasmus MC)
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NWO)
Erasmus University Medical Center
Erasmus University Rotterdam
European Commission
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen, OCW)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- 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
- Wearable devices
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
