Cohort Profile: Extended Cohort for E-health, Environment and DNA (EXCEED)
Cohort Profile: Extended Cohort for E-health, Environment and DNA (EXCEED)
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DOI:
10.1093/ije/dyz073
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发表时间:
2019-06-01
影响因子:
7.7
通讯作者:
Tobin, Martin D.
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作者:
John, Catherine;Reeve, Nicola F.;Tobin, Martin D.
EXCEED aims to develop understanding of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle-related causes of health and disease. Cohorts like EXCEED, with broad consent to study multiple phenotypes related to onset and progression of disease and drug response, have a role to play in medicines development, by providing genetic evidence that can identify, support or refute putative drug efficacy or identify possible adverse effects. 1 Furthermore, such cohorts are well suited to the study of multimorbidity. Multimorbidity describes the presence of multiple diseases or conditions in one patient, though definitions in the literature vary widely. 2–4 It demands a holistic approach to optimize care and avoid iatrogenic complications, such as drug interactions. In the context of increasing specialisation of many health care systems and high health care use among people with multimorbidity, providing such care poses a complex challenge. 5–7 In high-income countries, multimorbidity is particularly common among more deprived socioeconomic groups and may even be considered as the norm amongst older people, 8, 9 and an ageing global population and a growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries compound its global importance. 10 An expert working group convened by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences recently highlighted the lack of available evidence relating to the burden, determinants,