The EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer) Norfolk study is a population-based prospective cohort study, co-ordinated by a management team based at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, led by Nick Wareham.
The study recruited over 30,000 men and women aged 40-79 years at baseline between 1993 and 1998 from 35 participating general practices in Norfolk. Individuals provided information about lifestyle behavioural factors, including diet and physical activity, and attended a baseline health check including the provision of blood samples for concurrent and future analysis and the collection of anthropometric data.
The participants have continued to provide follow up data and attend additional health checks for over 25 years. They provided consent to future linkage to medical record information and a wide range of follow-up studies for different disease endpoints have subsequently been undertaken.
We welcome proposals for projects and aim to make data as widely available as possible whilst safeguarding the privacy of our participants, protecting confidential data and maintaining the reputations of our studies and participants.
EPIC-Norfolk participant advisory panel
The EPIC-Norfolk participant advisory panel was established in 2010 with the aim to promote greater participant involvement in EPIC-Norfolk research. Contact our study team to join or receive further information about the participant panel.
The FFQ EPIC Tool for Analysis (FETA) is a tool for researchers to calculate nutrient and food group data from the entered food frequency questionnaires (FFQ). This tool is free to use. It is requested that you register your use with the EPIC-Norfolk team and acknowledge the EPIC-Norfolk study in your publications.
The EPIC-Norfolk study has been running since 1993. It recruited 30,000 men and women aged 40-79 years between 1993 and 1997.
The participants have continued to provide follow up data and attend additional health checks for over 25 years.
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