Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM)
ULSAM is an epidemiological study of men born between 1920 and 1924 living in Uppsala County, Sweden. ULSAM started as a health investigation focused on identifying metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease. All 50 year-old men living in Uppsala were invited to participate from 1970 to 1973, with 2,322 participating in the study. The men were thereafter investigated again at ages 60, 70, 77, 82, 88, and 93 years. The latest data collection at 93 years was carried out between December 2013 and March 2015, with 147 men taking part.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
2,322 (participants)
Age at first data collection
50 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1920 - 1924 (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1970
Primary Institutions
Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet, UU)
Links
maelstrom-research.org/study/ulsam
neurodegenerationresearch.eu/pl/cohort/uppsala-longitudinal-study-of-adult-men/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS)
Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
