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GS: SFHS (Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study)

Population Size

0

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2006

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Data only
Lead time statistic card

Summary

Generation Scotland is a large-scale, long-term health and genetics study based in Scotland. The study aims to understand the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to health and disease. It involves a wide variety of participants from across Scotland, providing valuable insights into the connections between genetic makeup, lifestyle, and health outcomes.

DOI for dataset

https://doi.org/10.48532/026000

Documentation

The aim of GS: SFHS is to establish a large, family-based intensively-phenotyped cohort recruited from the general population across Scotland, as a resource for studying the genetics of health areas of current and projected public health importance. It aims to identify genetic variants accounting for variation in levels of quantitative traits underlying the major common complex diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, mental illness) in Scotland. DNA and non-identifiable information from this cohort will be made available to researchers in Scotland and international collaborators. Baseline data was collected at a single clinic visit. Longitudinal data is available by linkage to NHS medical records. Some participants are being invited to new clinic visits in 2015-17. This profile also includes scanning information from the Stratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL) study to which approximately 3,000 GS participants have been invited for scanning.

Dataset type

Health and disease, Imaging types

Associated media

http://www.generationscotland.org/

Keywords

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Study

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Continuous

Version

1.0.0

Modified

17/02/2025

Coverage

Start date

23/01/2006

Time lag

Not applicable

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh

Minimum age range

18

Maximum age range

100

Follow-up

Continuous

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

OTHER

Controlled vocabulary

OTHER

Format

CSV

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Access rights

https://portal.dementiasplatform.uk/Apply/DataAccessPolicy

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

The Data Portal runs its analysis environment through a virtual desktop infrastructure accessible via VMWare software. By analysing the data in the virtual desktop environment you are working on DPUK's servers – meaning there is no physical transfer of data to researchers. The processing capacity enables you to work with large numbers of records and integrate these with the other data modalities that exist in the DPUK cohorts. This solution also offers researchers the freedom to conduct their analyses anywhere with an internet connection.

Data Controller

Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow and NHS Scotland

Data Processor

Dementias Platform UK

Dataset Types: Health and disease, Imaging types

Dataset Sub-types: Neurological

Collection Sources: