Exciting new development for the UK Women’s Cohort Study!

A big thank you to all our study participants – the information you gave us 20 years ago about your diet and lifestyle then has already helped us answer many questions about what we choose to eat can help us live longer healthier lives [some of our findings are listed here]. We are now hoping to extend the range of health outcomes we investigate by linking the dietary and lifestyle information you have already given us with information about hospital visits and diagnoses doctors make.

Your information from the UK Women’s Cohort Study will be linked with Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) data. This link will inform us about any hospital visits you have had, along with diagnosis and treatment details.

This will allow us to explore the effect of food and nutrient intakes, and other lifestyle habits, on a wide range of health outcomes; such as cancers, CVD, arthritis, hip fracture, and dementia. For the first time, we will be able to study whether what you eat could affect future risk of these conditions.

We will aim to keep you up to date with the project developments through this website. Meanwhile, any suggestions and comments you may have are most welcome.

Thank you note

We would like to thank you all for your support of the project in the past. The new developments will let us use your information in other important health research.

If you have any questions, concerns, about this project or no longer wish to take part then please get in touch with the team at UKWCS@leeds.ac.uk or call 0113 343 5974.