Study overview
Overview
- Study title
- Kalyani Cohort
- Participants enrolled
- 15,727
- Lead institute
- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG)
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Partha P Majumder (NIBMG)
- Principal investigator profile
- Open profile
- Study design
- Longitudinal/Prospective
- Location
- West Bengal (Kalyani)
- Single / multiple sites
- Single Site
- Key highlights
- This cohort is about individuals drawn from villages in and around Kalyani, a peri-urban region near Kolkata, has been formed to serve as a platform for prospective studies on genomics of health and disease, to be carried out under the leadership of the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani.The study focuses on surveillance of non-communicable disease risk among urban poor and peri-urban populations, incorporating genetic profiling and longitudinal follow-up of diabetes and hypertension. The study serves as a pilot framework for precision public health approaches in India.
- Reference paper 1
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29868214/
Insights & criteria
Insights
- Socio‑demographic / economic
- Peri-Urban Setting
- Recruitment and timeline
- 2010-2012
- Follow‑up
- First Follow-up (2012-2016)
- Keywords
- Adult, Non Communicable Disease, Cardiometabolic Disease
Details
Details
- Age group
- >14 years
- Gender
- Men & Women
- Scope
- National
- Category
- Adult and Aging Cohort