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# LPS in the UK LLC partnership
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<divstyle="background-color: rgba(0, 178, 169, 0.3); padding: 5px; border-radius: 5px;"><strong>The UK has a world-leading portfolio of around 100 Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS) that have collected detailed information on over three million members of the UK public. </strong></div>
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|[**ALSPAC: Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/alspac.ipynb)|ALSPAC or **Children of the 90s** is a multigenerational study of the environmental and genetic factors that affect a person’s health and development.|England|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys064"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 14,000 pregnant women recruited between 1991 and 1992</a>|1991-|University of Bristol|
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|[**BCS70: 1970 British Cohort Study**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/bcs70.ipynb)|BCS70 or the **1970 Birth Cohort** follows the lives of people born in 1970. Data are collected about health, physical, cognitive and social development, education and employment, and home lives.|England, Scotland, Wales|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac148"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 17,000 babies born in a single week of 1970</a>|1970-|University College London|
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|[**BIB: Born in Bradford**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/bib.ipynb)|BIB tracks the health and wellbeing of children from multiple ethnic backgrounds, from pregnancy, through childhood and into adult life, and their parents. BIB collects a wide range of data including health, environmental, educational and genetic.|England|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys112"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 13,500 children born at Bradford Royal Infirmary between March 2007 and December 2010 and their parents</a>|2007-|Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|
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|**CaPS: Caerphilly Prospective Study**|CaPS was set up to examine the importance of lipids, haemostatic factors, and hormones in the development of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). With the ageing of the cohort, additional outcomes have been included, in particular stroke, hearing problems, cognitive function and dementia.|Wales|[c. 3,000 men aged 45 to 59 years recruited 1979](https://jech.bmj.com/content/38/3/259)|1979-2011|University of Bristol|
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|[**CaPS: Caerphilly Prospective Study**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/caps.ipynb)|CaPS was set up to examine the importance of lipids, haemostatic factors, and hormones in the development of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). With the ageing of the cohort, additional outcomes have been included, in particular stroke, hearing problems, cognitive function and dementia.|Wales|[c. 3,000 men aged 45 to 59 years recruited 1979](https://jech.bmj.com/content/38/3/259)|1979-2011|University of Bristol|
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|[**ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/elsa.ipynb)|ELSA collects data from people aged over 50 to understand all aspects of ageing, including physical and mental health, wellbeing, finances and attitudes around ageing.|England|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys168"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 18,000 adults aged 50 years and over, with recruitment ongoing</a>|2002-|University College London|
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|[**EPIC Norfolk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Norfolk Study**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/epicn.ipynb)|EPIC Norfolk recruited at 35 GP practices in Norfolk. Data are collected about health, diet and physical activity.|England|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt086"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 30,000 adults aged 40-79 years, recruited 1993-1998</a>|1993-|University of Cambridge|
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|[**EXCEED: Extended Cohort for E-health, Environment and DNA**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/exceed.ipynb)|EXCEED collects information from people about genes and lifestyle to provide insight into environmental influences on long-term health.|England|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz073"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 11,000 adults aged 18 and over, with recruitment ongoing</a>|2013-|University of Leicester|
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|[**TRACKC19: TRACK-COVID Study**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/trackc19.ipynb)|TRACKC19 recruited approximately 20,000 people in the community to understand why some have COVID-19 symptoms while others do not. Biological and health data are collected.|England|c. 20,000 adults who participated in the <ahref="https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31928-1"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">INTERVAL</a>, <ahref="https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.12750"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">COMPARE</a> and <ahref="https://doi.org.10.1186/s13063-023-07473-z"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">STRIDES (STRategies to Improve Donor ExperienceS)</a> studies|2020-2021|University of Cambridge|
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|[**TWINSUK: TwinsUK**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/twinsuk.ipynb)|TWINSUK follows the lives of twins to understand how genetic variation relates to health and ageing. It is the largest adult twin registry in the UK and the most clinically detailed in the world.|UK|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.65"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 15,000 adults who are identical or non-identical twins, with recruitment ongoing</a>|1992-|King’s College London|
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|[**UKHLS: Understanding Society – the UK Household Longitudinal Study**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/ukhls.ipynb)|UKHLS collects behavioural, economic, social and genetic data from households to explore the experiences of people living in the UK.|UK|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.14301/llcs.v3i1.159"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">c. 40,000 households recruited in 2009, including 8,000 from the original British Household Panel Survey, which ran from 1991-2009</a>|2009-|University of Essex|
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|**UK-REACH: The UK Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers**|Established to understand why ethnic minority healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of poorer outcomes from COVID-19 when compared with their White ethnic counterparts in the UK.|UK|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac171"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">17,891 HCWs aged 16–89 years (mean age 44 years)</a>|2020-|University of Leicester|
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|[**UK-REACH: The UK Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers**](../lps_data/lps_profiles/ukreach.ipynb)|Established to understand why ethnic minority healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of poorer outcomes from COVID-19 when compared with their White ethnic counterparts in the UK.|UK|<ahref="https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac171"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">17,891 HCWs aged 16–89 years (mean age 44 years)</a>|2020-|University of Leicester|
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<sup>1</sup> GLAD includes the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) and COVID-19 Psychiatry and Neurological Genetics (COPING) Study.
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<sup>2</sup> TEDS includes the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study.
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