Cohort Profile: Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study (TMM BirThree Cohort Study): rationale, progress and perspective

Shinichi Kuriyama; Hirohito Metoki; Masahiro Kikuya; Taku Obara; Mami Ishikuro; Chizuru Yamanaka; Masato Nagai; Hiroko Matsubara; Tomoko Kobayashi; Junichi Sugawara; Gen Tamiya; Atsushi Hozawa; Naoki Nakaya; Naho Tsuchiya; Tomohiro Nakamura; Akira Narita; Mana Kogure; Takumi Hirata; Ichiro Tsuji; Fuji Nagami; Nobuo Fuse; Tomohiko Arai; Yoshio Kawaguchi; Shinichi Higuchi; Masaki Sakaida; Yoichi Suzuki; Noriko Osumi; Keiko Nakayama; Kiyoshi Ito; Shinichi Egawa; Koichi Chida; Eiichi Kodama; Hideyasu Kiyomoto; Tadashi Ishii; Akito Tsuboi; Hiroaki Tomita; Yasuyuki Taki; Hiroshi Kawame; Kichiya Suzuki; Naoto Ishii; Soichi Ogishima; Satoshi Mizuno; Takako Takai-Igarashi; Naoko Minegishi; Jun Yasuda; Kazuhiko Igarashi; Ritsuko Shimizu; Masao Nagasaki; Osamu Tanabe; Seizo Koshiba; Hiroaki Hashizume; Hozumi Motohashi; Teiji Tominaga; Sadayoshi Ito; Kozo Tanno; Kiyomi Sakata; Atsushi Shimizu; Jiro Hitomi; Makoto Sasaki; Kengo Kinoshita; Hiroshi Tanaka; Tadao Kobayashi; Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group; Shigeo Kure; Nobuo Yaegashi; Masayuki Yamamoto

doi:10.1093/ije/dyz169

Cohort Profile: Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study (TMM BirThree Cohort Study): rationale, progress and perspective

Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Feb 1;49(1):18-19m. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz169.

Authors

Shinichi Kuriyama^{1

2

3}, Hirohito Metoki^{1

4}, Masahiro Kikuya^{1

5}, Taku Obara^{1

2

6}, Mami Ishikuro^{1

2}, Chizuru Yamanaka¹, Masato Nagai^{1

2}, Hiroko Matsubara¹, Tomoko Kobayashi^{1

2

6}, Junichi Sugawara^{1

2

6}, Gen Tamiya^{1

2

7}, Atsushi Hozawa^{1

2}, Naoki Nakaya^{1

8}, Naho Tsuchiya^{1

2}, Tomohiro Nakamura^{1

2}, Akira Narita^{1

2}, Mana Kogure^{1

2}, Takumi Hirata^{1

2}, Ichiro Tsuji^{1

2}, Fuji Nagami^{1

2}, Nobuo Fuse^{1

2

6}, Tomohiko Arai¹, Yoshio Kawaguchi¹, Shinichi Higuchi¹, Masaki Sakaida¹, Yoichi Suzuki^{1

9}, Noriko Osumi^{1

2}, Keiko Nakayama^{1

2}, Kiyoshi Ito^{1

2

3}, Shinichi Egawa^{1

2

3

6}, Koichi Chida^{1

2

3

6}, Eiichi Kodama^{1

2

3

6}, Hideyasu Kiyomoto¹, Tadashi Ishii^{1

2

6}, Akito Tsuboi^{1

6

10}, Hiroaki Tomita^{1

2

3

6}, Yasuyuki Taki^{1

2

11}, Hiroshi Kawame^{1

2

6

12}, Kichiya Suzuki^{1

2

6}, Naoto Ishii^{1

2}, Soichi Ogishima^{1

2}, Satoshi Mizuno^{1

2}, Takako Takai-Igarashi^{1

2}, Naoko Minegishi^{1

2}, Jun Yasuda^{1

13}, Kazuhiko Igarashi^{1

2}, Ritsuko Shimizu^{1

2}, Masao Nagasaki^{1

14}, Osamu Tanabe^{1

15}, Seizo Koshiba^{1

2}, Hiroaki Hashizume¹, Hozumi Motohashi^{1

2

11}, Teiji Tominaga^{1

2

6}, Sadayoshi Ito^{1

2

6}, Kozo Tanno^{16

17}, Kiyomi Sakata^{16

17}, Atsushi Shimizu¹⁶, Jiro Hitomi^{16

17}, Makoto Sasaki^{16

17

18}, Kengo Kinoshita^{1

19}, Hiroshi Tanaka^{1

20}, Tadao Kobayashi¹; Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group; Shigeo Kure^{1

2

6}, Nobuo Yaegashi^{1

2

6}, Masayuki Yamamoto^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
² Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
³ International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
⁴ School of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
⁵ School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
⁷ Statistical Genetics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ School of Health and Social Services, Saitama Prefectural University, Koshigaya, Japan.
⁹ Department of Clinical Genetics, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
¹⁰ Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohou University, Sendai, Japan.
¹¹ Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
¹² School of Medicine, The Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹³ Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Miyagi Cancer Center Research Institute, Natori, Japan.
¹⁴ Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
¹⁵ Biosample Research Center, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.
¹⁶ Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Disaster Reconstruction Center, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan.
¹⁷ School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
¹⁸ Institute for Biomedical Science, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan.
¹⁹ Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
²⁰ Laboratory for Promotion of Medical Data Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Databases, Genetic
Datasets as Topic*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Genome, Human
Genomics*
Humans