Athero- and AAA-Express

Athero- and Aneurysm-Express Biobank Studies...

Description

The Athero-Express Biobank Study (AE) and the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm-Express Biobank Study (AAA) are two ongoing, prospective biobank studies initiated in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Together, they comprise detailed histological and clinical data...

General Design

Type
Biobank, Cohort study, Databank, Disease specific
Cohort type
Clinical cohort, Case only
Data collection type
Retrospective, Prospective
Design
Longitudinal
Design description
The Athero-Express Biobank Study (AE) is a longitudinal cross-sectional biobank study collecting blood and atherosclerotic plaque samples from patients undergoing endarterectomy. Clinical data is collected through standardised questionnaires and supplemented by querying electronic health records when needed. Patients are followed up to 3 years after surgery.
Start/End data collection
2002 (ongoing)
Design papers
PID
https://doi.org/10.71739/371b-mg77

Population

Countries
Netherlands (the)
Number of participants
3500
Population age groups
Adult (18+ years)
Main medical condition
  • IX Diseases of the circulatory system
Inclusion criteria
  • Health status inclusion criterion
  • Hospital patient inclusion criterion

Organisations

Lead organisations
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC)
    Netherlands (the)
    https://www.umcutrecht.nl

    Data originator, Data holder, Data provider, Data access provider

Contributors

Available Data & Samples

Data categories

Survey data

Sample categories

  • Blood
  • Genetic material
  • Tissue (FFPE)
  • Tissue (Frozen)

Areas of information

  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Lifestyle and behaviours
  • Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
  • Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
  • Symptoms and signs
  • Medication and supplements
  • Non-pharmacological interventions
  • Death
  • Physical measures and assessments
  • Laboratory measures
  • Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
  • Administrative information

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Networks

Part of networks...

  • Welkom bij Health Data Space Utrecht, het portaal dat de regio Utrecht verbindt door onderzoekers en professionals samen te brengen om kennis en data te delen....

Publications

Access conditions

Data access conditions
  • health or medical or biomedical research
  • disease specific research
Data use conditions
  • research specific restrictions
  • not for profit, non commercial use only
  • collaboration required
  • geographical restriction
  • return to database or resource
Data access fee
false
Release type
Closed dataset
Prelinked
false
Linkage options
Possibility to link with data from RIVM and CBS.