The Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) is a large, prospective, long-term, population-based cohort study and a unique research platform and network to obtain substantial knowledge about several risk and prognostic factors in major chronic diseases.
Inhabitant of the city of Hamburg at the time of inclusion into the study (Inclusion is time of written consent)
Age 45 to 74 years
Personally signed informed consent
Insufficient knowledge of the German language, in order to understand study documents and computer assisted interview without translation
Physical or psychological incapability to travel to the study center and to cooperate in the investigations
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Lead sponsor
University of Hamburg-Eppendorf
Collaborator
Martini-Klinik am UKE GmbH
Collaborator