Shanghai Women's Health Study (SWHS)
From 1996 to 2000, the SWHS recruited close to 75,000 adult Chinese women from selected urban communities in Shanghai, China, with a 92% response rate. The study collected data on incidence rates of major cancers, as well as distributions of age, sex, educational level, and occupation, similar to those in the general population of urban Shanghai. All participants completed a detailed baseline survey and anthropometrics. This cohort of women is being followed via biennial in-person re-contact and periodic linkage to cancer and vital statistics registries.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
74,942 (participants)
Age at first data collection
40 - 70 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
National Cancer Institute (NCI) - United States of America
Shanghai Cancer Hospital (上海市肿瘤医院)
Vanderbilt University (VU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- 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
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
