Table 1 Summary of the various data collection sweeps so far undertaken on NSHD cohort participants over time
From: Study protocol: MyoFit46—the cardiac sub-study of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development
Data collections | Data collection year range (age, years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946 (birth) | 1947–1950 (1–4 y) | 1951–1960 (5–15 y) | 1962–1977 (16–31 y) | 1978–2003 (32–57 y) | 2006–2010 (60–64 y) | 2014–2015 (68–69 y) | 2015-Present (65+) | |||
1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2+ | |||
Measurement | Social factors | Socioeconomic position | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Occupation | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Education | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | ||
Health/physical measures | Morbidity and mortality | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Anthropometric measures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Smoking status | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Physical health | – | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Diet | – | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Respiratory function | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ||
Musculoskeletal function | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ||
Blood samples | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Urine samples | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ||
Cardiovascular function | HR variability | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
12 lead ECG | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Echocardiogram | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Ambulatory blood pressure | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Cardiac MRI | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ||
Neurological function | Brain MRI | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | |
Cognitive function | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||