Cohort profile: Women's Healthy Ageing Project (WHAP) - a longitudinal prospective study of Australian women since 1990.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cohort was commenced to examine women's health from midlife (45-55 years) before the menopausal transition and into ageing.

Methods

Randomised selection and assessment of 2,001 women living in the Melbourne metropolitan area was conducted by the Roy Morgan Centre in 1990/91. Of the 779 women who met the entry criteria for the longitudinal follow-up (aged 45-55 years, menstruating, having a uterus and at least one ovary and not taking hormone therapy) 438 agreed to be seen annually across the menopausal transition from 1992 to 1999. Longitudinal prospective follow-up since 2000 has continued intermittently (2002/03, 2004/05, 2012/13, 2014/15). Data collection has included fasting biomarkers in each year since 1992, clinical assessment, lifestyle and quality of

SUBMITTER: Szoeke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300017 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature