Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
Eur J Epidemiol. 2013 Nov;28(11):889-926. doi: 10.1007/s10654-013-9866-z. Epub 2013 Nov 21.
The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, oncological, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. The findings of the Rotterdam Study have been presented in over a 1,000 research articles and reports (see www.erasmus-epidemiology.nl/rotterdamstudy ). This article gives the rationale of 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 年以来在荷兰鹿特丹市进行的前瞻性队列研究。该研究的目标是心血管、内分泌、肝脏、神经、眼科、精神科、皮肤科、肿瘤学和呼吸系统疾病。截至 2008 年，14926 名年龄在 45 岁或以上的受试者构成了《鹿特丹研究》的队列。《鹿特丹研究》的研究结果已在 1000 多篇研究文章和报告中呈现（见 www.erasmus-epidemiology.nl/rotterdamstudy）。本文阐述了该研究的原理和设计。它还总结了主要发现，并更新了目标和方法。
