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UCC-SMART

Utrecht Cardiovascular Cohorts – Second Manifestations of Arterial Disease...

Description

The UCC-SMART Study is a single-centre prospective cohort study, ongoing in both inclusion and follow-up, in which patient care and scientific research concerning cardiovascular risk factors and disease are integrated....

General Design

Type
Biobank, Cohort study
Cohort type
Clinical cohort
Data collection type
Prospective
Design
Longitudinal
Design description
Single-centre prospective cohort study, ongoing in both baseline and follow-up. The baseline screening programme consists of questionnaires, physical examination, an ECG, blood, urine and radiology testing. Except for the questionnaires, to be filled out before the hospital visit, the diagnostic components of the programme take place during a 1-day visit. For follow-up patients receive annual questionnaires with questions on hospital admissions and outpatient clinic visits, regardless of whether they are still under the care of the UMC Utrecht.
Design schematic
Design schematic
Start/End data collection
1996 (ongoing)

Population

Countries
Netherlands (the)
Regions
Limburg, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland, Noord-Holland, Noord-Brabant, Flevoland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen
Number of participants
15662
Population age groups
Adult (18+ years)
Main medical condition
  • IV Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
  • VII Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • IX Diseases of the circulatory system
  • XV Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Inclusion criteria
  • Age group inclusion criterion
  • Age of majority inclusion criterion
  • Defined population inclusion criterion
  • Health status inclusion criterion
  • Hospital patient inclusion criterion
Other inclusion criteria
Not pregnant, no short life expectancy and sufficiently fluent in Dutch.

Organisations

Lead organisations
  • UMC Utrecht (UMCU)
    Netherlands (the)

    Researcher

Contributors

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Networks

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Access conditions

The UCC-SMART Study group directs the academic focus of research using the UCC-SMART data and consists of staff members from both epidemiological and clinical departments. All data presented in this manuscript will be available upon reasonable reques...

Data access conditions
disease specific research
Data use conditions
  • collaboration required
  • project specific restriction
  • return to database or resource
Data access fee
false
Release type
Annually
Release description
Yearly update of new inclusions and follow-up events.
Prelinked
false
Linkage options
GBA, CBS, SFK, RENINE, LBZ, IKNL, Regionale ambulance diensten, Vektis and other regional and national registries

Funding & Acknowledgements

Funding
The UCC-SMART Study was financially supported by the UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the participants, the research team, data managers (S.I.M. Bongers and J.L.P. van Giele), A. Vandersteen (study manager), the founders of the SMART Study in 1996: A. Algra, J.D. Banga, B.C. Eikelboom and Y. van der Graaf, and the members of the UCC-SMART study group: M.J. Cramer, M.G. van der Meer (co-chair), P. van der Harst and H.M. Nathoe Department of Cardiology; G.J. de Borst, M. Teraa (co-Chair), Department of Vascular Surgery; M.L. Bots and M. van Smeden, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care; M.H. Emmelot-Vonk, Department of Geriatrics; P.A. de Jong, Department of Radiology; A.T. Lely, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics; M.M. Mohkles , Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Y.M. Ruigrok, Department of Neurology; M.C. Verhaar, Department of Nephrology & Hypertension; J.A.N. Dorresteijn (co-chair) and F.L.J. Visseren (chair), Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht and Utrecht University.

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