Tohoku Medical Megabank Community Cohort Study
TMM CommCohort Study is a community-based cohort study designed to assess the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and the following tsunami in 2011. People between the ages of 20 and 75 who were registered in areas affected by GEJE were recruited to the study during health check-ups in the Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures of Japan. Over 87,000 people consented to participate in the study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
87,865 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 20 years (participants)
≤ 75 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
Iwate Medical University (岩手医科大学)
Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (IMM)
Tohoku University (東北大学)
Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo)
Links
megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/chco/index.html
megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/english/research/cohortbiobank/communitybased/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT/Monbusho)
Reconstruction Agency
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Wearable devices
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
