China Kadoorie Biobank
Resource for investigating the main causes of many common chronic diseases
The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is one of the world’s largest prospective studies and is a long-term collaboration between the University of Oxford, Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
More than 512,000 adults were recruited from ten geographically defined and diverse areas of China between 2004 and 2008 and extensive data was collected at baseline and subsequent periodic resurveys. The health of participants has been monitored over about two decades.
Visit website: https://www.ckbiobank.org/
See also: 
University of Oxford
- Collegiate research university and one of the world's leading universities
Details last updated 13-Oct-2024
China Kadoorie Biobank News
Blood protein analysis refines diabetes risk prediction and reveals potential drug targets
Oxford Population Health - 16-Apr-2024
Analyzing blood proteins can improve our ability to identify those at risk for diabetes
Read more...Smoking increases the risk of 22 causes of death and 56 diseases in Chinese adults
Oxford Population Health - 22-Jul-2023
Immediate action needed to avoid health and economic burden of premature deaths and disease morbidity
Read more...Study links alcohol consumption to over 60 diseases, many previously unassociated
Oxford Population Health - 08-Jun-2023
Daily drinking, binge drinking, and drinking outside of mealtimes significantly increased the risk
Read more...Regular chilli pepper consumption increases life expectancy
NetDoctor - 05-Aug-2015
<p>Huge study published in the BMJ of around half a million participants in the China Kadoorie Bi...
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