Everything about Cohort study

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Cohort studyA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Comparative analysis of the risks of hospitalisation and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) and delta (B.1.617.2) variants in England: a cohort studyInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Mild cognitive impairmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort studyCited 21,644 times
5. Go sideways: Prospective cohort studyA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Retrospective cohort studyA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study

  Fei Zhou, Ting Yu, Ronghui Du · 2020 · The Lancet · 21,644 citations

• Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

  Y. Zhao, Y. Hu, J. P. Smith · 2012 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 5,393 citations

• Cohort Profile: UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)

  R. Connelly, L. Platt · 2014 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 532 citations

• Cohort Profile: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

  The Swiss HIV Cohort Study, F. Schoeni-Affolter, B. Ledergerber · 2009 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 313 citations

• Cohort Profile: The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (FinnBrain)

  Linnea Karlsson, Mimmi Tolvanen, Noora M Scheinin · 2017 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 245 citations

• Cohort Profile: The Hertfordshire Cohort Study

  HE Syddall, A Aihie Sayer, EM Dennison · 2005 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 226 citations

• Cohort profile: the GAZEL Cohort Study

  Marcel Goldberg, Annette Leclerc, Sébastien Bonenfant · 2006 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 216 citations

• Cohort Profile: The French E3N Cohort Study

  Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, for the E3N Study Group · 2014 · International Journal of Epidemiology · 212 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Comparative analysis of the risks of hospitalisation and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) and delta (B.1.617.2) variants in England: a cohort study

  Tommy Nyberg, Neil M Ferguson, Sophie G Nash · 2022 · The Lancet · 1,251 citations

• Incidence, prevalence, and co-occurrence of autoimmune disorders over time and by age, sex, and socioeconomic status: a population-based cohort study of 22 million individuals in the UK

  Nathalie Conrad, Shivani Misra, Jan Y Verbakel · 2023 · The Lancet · 894 citations

• Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study

  Aranka V Ballering, Sander K R van Zon, Tim C olde Hartman · 2022 · The Lancet · 798 citations

• Assessment of heterogeneity among participants in the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative cohort using α-synuclein seed amplification: a cross-sectional study

  Andrew Siderowf, Luis Concha-Marambio, David-Erick Lafontant · 2023 · The Lancet Neurology · 778 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Mild cognitive impairmentHolly Tuokko, David F. Hultsch · 2006
• A companion to life course studiesMichael E. J. Wadsworth, J. M. Bynner · 2011
• Ageperiodcohort Models Approaches And Analyses With Aggregate DataRobert M. O'Brien · 2012
• Soviet and Post-Soviet LithuaniaLaima Zilinskiene, Melanie Ilic · 2021
• Nutrition and Type 2 DiabetesMark A. Pereira · 2013
• 📕Biological Standard of Living on Three ContinentsJohn Komlos · 2019
• 📕Secondary schoolingJane Steedman · 1980
• 📕England and Wales Youth Cohort StudyGill Courtenay, Pablo Mekkelholt · 1993

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🔗 Related topics

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