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“ERGO”: The Rotterdam Study
A single-centre, prospective population-based cohort study, started 1990
- Base-line cohort = 7,983 men and women of age ≥ 55 yrs
- In 2017: 6 follow-up visits
- ~1500 measurements per subject each time
- Ethnically homogeneous: 99% Caucasian
- Computerized GP + pharmacy monitoring
- Study determinants and prevalence/incidence of chronic and disabling
disease in the elderly: CVD, Neurodegenerative Disease, Endocrine diseases, Locomotor disease (osteoporosis, osteoarthritis), Eye
- ~12.000 DNA samples available:
- 1990: ERGO base-line/ RSI : n=7,000
- 2000: ERGO plus/ RSII : n=3,000 (55+)
- 2004: ERGO young/ RSIII : 3,500 (45+)
First GWAS performed in Rotterdam Study
5 x 10-8
LUMBAR SPINE BMD
Rivadeneira et al., Nat Genet., 2009
Most GWAS activities occur within large consortia
Rotterdam Study
CHARGE
GEnetic Factors of OSteoporosis
GENETIC INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTHROPOMETRIC TRAITS
EUROPE by prejudice.…….(according to USA)
(From: Yanko Tsvetkov, alphadesigner.com)