Rotterdam Study 2 (RS-II)
RS-II investigates the prevalence, incidence, and risk of chronic diseases in middle-aged and elderly populations in the Netherlands. In 2000, the study recruited adults aged 55 years and older living in the Onmoord suburb of Rotterdam. These adults had not been eligible in the baseline sweep of RS-I in 1989 to 1993. At baseline, over 3,000 participants were included in the cohort. RS-II collected data at five time points over 24 years, with the most recent data collection beginning in 2021.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,011 (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
2000
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?
Yes
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
