Takayama Study
The Takayama study was designed to investigate the relationship between diet and disease risk in a population of Japanese adults. Participants were adults aged 35 years or more from Takayama City, Gifu prefecture, Japan. Participants were followed up through Gifu regional disease and mortality registries until 2008.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
36,990 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 35 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1992
Primary Institutions
Gifu University (岐阜大学, Gifu Daigaku)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT/Monbusho)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
