Table 2.
Brief overview of data collected in the different surveys that form the Tromsø Study
| Tromsø Study survey number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of informationa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Marital status, age, sex | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Questionnaire data | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Interview | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Measured weight and height | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Measured waist and hip circumference | x | x | x | |||
| Measured blood pressure | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Blood sample (blood lipids) | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Blood sample (hormones) | x | x | x | |||
| Blood samples (haematology) | x | x | x | |||
| Blood samples (other blood analyses) | x | x | x | x | ||
| Electrocardiography (ECG) | x | x | x | x | ||
| Echocardiography | x | x | x | |||
| Ultrasound examination of the carotid artery | x | x | x | |||
| Ultrasound examination of the abdominal aorta | x | x | ||||
| Spirometry | x | x | ||||
| Bone mineral densitometry | x | x | x | |||
| Urinary analyses (microalbuminuria) | x | x | x | |||
| Examination of sight (visual acuity) | x | x | ||||
| Examination of number of falls | x | |||||
| Cognitive testing | x | x | ||||
| Retinal photography, optical coherence tomography | x | |||||
| Pain sensitivity | x | |||||
aNote that some of the examinations have been conducted only in parts of the population. For a close to complete overview of the data collected, please see our website (http://tromsoundersokelsen.uit.no/tromso/).