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GS: SFHS (Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study)
Population Size
0
People
Years
2006
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Scotland
Lead time
Data only
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
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
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable, Neurological
Associated media
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 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