1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
  Whitehall II
Country
 
  • United Kingdom
Name
  Michael Marmot
Institution
  University College London
Email
  m.marmot@ucl.ac.uk
Phone
  +44(0)2076791694
Website
 
  • https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/background
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Or provide website
 
  • https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/publications
Data access policy (briefly describe)
  See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/data-sharing for details
Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Prospective cohort
Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Industry / occupation-based
Inclusion criteria
  The target population for the Whitehall II study was all civil servants (men and women) aged 35–55 years working in the London offices of 20 Whitehall departments in 1985–88
Enrollment
  Completed
Age range at entry (main cohort)
 
Minimum Maximum Mean
35 55
Men at enrollment
  6895
Women at enrollment
  3413
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
Occupational history/time frame
  Lifetime
Occupational coding performed
  Yes
Industry (specify coding system used)
 
  • Civil Service
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
 
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Morbidity
Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
 
  • F Mental disorders