Zutphen Elderly Study (ZUTE)
ZUTE was a longitudinal investigation of chronic disease risk factors among men from Zutphen, a town in the eastern Netherlands, comprising two cohorts with over 1200 participants. The original cohort was recruited in 1960 as part of the Seven Countries Study and included 878 men aged 40 to 59 years, randomly sampled from the town. In 1985, the study was expanded by re-inviting the 555 surviving members of the original cohort and recruiting an additional 384 newly sampled men aged 64 to 84 years. The original cohort consisted of middle-aged men born between 1900 and 1920, while the newly recruited 1985 cohort included elderly men from the same birth range. Participants were followed up annually from 1960 to 1973, once in 1977/78, and then every five years from 1985 to 2000.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
878 (1960 cohort)
384 (1985 cohort)
Age at first data collection
40 - 59 years (1960 cohort)
64 - 84 years (1985 cohort)
Participant year of birth
1900 - 1920 (1960 cohort)
1900 - 1920 (1985 cohort)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1960 (1960 cohort)
1985 (1985 cohort)
Primary Institutions
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, RIVM)
Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Links
sevencountriesstudy.com/about-the-study/related-studie/zutphen-study/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Dutch Brain Foundation
Dutch Heart Foundation (Hartstichting)
Dutch Prevention Fund
Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NWO)
Ongoing?
No
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)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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