About the Study

Study progress

As at November 2009:

  • Over 260,000 individuals are enrolled in the Study.
  • A dataset containing baseline questionnaire data from the first 100,000 participants is available for projects approved by the Study’s Scientific Advisory Committee
  • The first  242,016 participants in the Study have been included in the Master Linkage Key of the Centre for Health Record Linkage
  • Four papers using study data have been published (to view these papers click here).

Weber M, Banks E, Ward R, Sitas F. Population characteristics related to colorectal cancer testing in New South Wales, Australia: results from the 45 and Up Study cohort. J Med Screen 2008;15:137-142

Banks E, Jorm L, Lujic S, Rogers K. Health, ageing and private health insurance: baseline results from the 45 and Up Study cohort. ANZ Health Policy 2009;6:16.

Marianne F Weber, Emily Banks, David P Smith, Dianne O'Connell and Freddy Sitas, Cancer screening among migrants in an Australian cohort; cross-sectional analyses from the 45 and Up Study. BMC Public Health 2009;9:144.

45 and Up Study Collaborators (see report for writing committee), Cohort Profile: The 45 and Up Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, Advance Access published online September 19 2007.

  • Already over 50 applications to use data from the Study have been approved, and 30 projects with direct relevance to policy priorities are underway, including:

Understanding the impact of social, economic and geographic disadvantage on the health of Australians in mid to later life.

Exploring met and unmet needs for home care in NSW.

Understanding the transition to retirement and what helps support better adjustment.

Understanding the home environment of older people and what better supports ‘staying in place’ as people age.

Obesity and hospitalisation.

Determining aged care trajectories in NSW to examine the influence of later life, family, disease and disability on patterns of aged care service use.

  • A collaboration with the Million Women Study to investigate risk factors for hip fracture has been established.
  • The 6th Annual 45 and Up Study Collaborators’ meeting was held on 25 September 2009. This meeting was attended by over 145 researchers, the highest number of attendees to date.