Hofman Albert, Breteler Monique M B, van Duijn Cornelia M, Krestin Gabriel P, Pols Huibert A, Stricker Bruno H Ch, Tiemeier Henning, Uitterlinden André G, Vingerling Johannes R, Witteman Jacqueline C M
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2007;22(11):819-29. doi: 10.1007/s10654-007-9199-x. Epub 2007 Oct 23.
The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, neurological, ophthalmological and endocrine diseases. As of 2008 about 15,000 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. The findings of the Rotterdam Study have been presented in some 600 research articles and reports (see http://www.epib.nl/rotterdamstudy). This article gives the reasons for the study and its design. It also presents a summary of the major findings and an update of the objectives and methods.
鹿特丹研究是一项自1990年起在荷兰鹿特丹市开展的前瞻性队列研究。该研究针对心血管疾病、神经系统疾病、眼科疾病和内分泌疾病。截至2008年,约15000名45岁及以上的受试者构成了鹿特丹研究队列。鹿特丹研究的结果已发表在约600篇研究文章和报告中(见http://www.epib.nl/rotterdamstudy)。本文阐述了该研究的原因及其设计。还概述了主要研究结果,并更新了研究目标和方法。