Characteristics of cohorts in the Survivorship Unit at the Danish Cancer Society’s Research Center
Cohort name (acronym) Danish Religious Societies Health Study
Main focus areas To investigate risk of cancer, somatic and psychiatric disease and prognosis among people belonging to Seventh Day Adventists and Baptists Church communities
Source of identification of study population
Via member archives of the Danish Seventh Day Adventists and Baptists churches
Study population App 12,000 members of the Danish Seventh Day Adventists Church and the Danish Baptist Church who were either a previous or current member of one of the societies since 1943 through 2007
Design and data collection
Study design Cohort
Setting Population-based
Data sources (yes/no)
Registers Yes
Medical records No
Questionnaires No
Interviews No
Physical examinations No Bio samples (if yes, specify) No
Other tests No
Website and/or contact person
Christoffer Johansen (christof@cancer.dk )