VITamins And Lifestyle Cohort Study (VITAL)
VITAL aimed to investigate the associations of supplement use with cancer risk. Specific goals focus on the associations of supplemental vitamin C, vitamin E, calcium, and multivitamins with prostate, female breast, lung, and colorectal cancer incidence. Participants were over 77,000 men and women aged 50 to 76 years in western Washington State, United States of America. Baseline assessment was completed from 2000 to 2002, and passive follow-up of cancer incidence and mortality was conducted until 2010 using government data and the SEER cancer registry.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
77,738 (participants)
Age at first data collection
50 - 76 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
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Links
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/study.cgi
web.archive.org/web/20230604110548/https://repository.synchros.eu/study/vital
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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