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Pattaro C, Gögele M, Mascalzoni D, Melotti R, Schwienbacher C, De Grandi A, Foco L, D'Elia Y, Linder B, Fuchsberger C, Minelli C, Egger C, Kofink LS, Zanigni S, Schäfer T, Facheris MF, Smárason SV, Rossini A, Hicks AA, Weiss H, Pramstaller PP. The Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) study: rationale, objectives, and preliminary results. J Transl Med 2015; 13:348. [PMID: 26541195 PMCID: PMC4635524 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-015-0704-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) study is a population-based study with a longitudinal lookout to investigate the genetic and molecular basis of age-related common chronic conditions and their interaction with life style and environment in the general population. All adults of the middle and upper Vinschgau/Val Venosta are invited, while 10,000 participants are anticipated by mid-2017. Family participation is encouraged for complete pedigree reconstruction and disease inheritance mapping. After a pilot study on the compliance with a paperless assessment mode, computer-assisted interviews have been implemented to screen for conditions of the cardiovascular, endocrine, metabolic, genitourinary, nervous, behavioral, and cognitive system. Fat intake, cardiac health, and tremor are assessed instrumentally. Nutrient intake, physical activity, and life-course smoking are measured semi-quantitatively. Participants are phenotyped for 73 blood and urine parameters and 60 aliquots per participant are biobanked (cryo-preserved urine, DNA, and whole and fractionated blood). Through liquid-chromatography mass-spectrometry analysis, metabolite profiling of the mitochondrial function is assessed. Samples are genotyped on 1 million variants with the Illumina HumanOmniExpressExome array and the first data release including 4570 fully phenotyped and genotyped samples is now available for analysis. Participants’ follow-up is foreseen 6 years after the first visit. The target population is characterized by long-term social stability and homogeneous environment which should both favor the identification of enriched genetic variants. The CHRIS cohort is a valuable resource to assess the contribution of genomics, metabolomics, and environmental factors to human health and disease. It is awaited that this will result in the identification of novel molecular targets for disease prevention and treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cristian Pattaro
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.
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- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Deborah Mascalzoni
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Roberto Melotti
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Christine Schwienbacher
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Alessandro De Grandi
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Luisa Foco
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Yuri D'Elia
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Barbara Linder
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Christian Fuchsberger
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Cosetta Minelli
- Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Lisa S Kofink
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
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- Functional MR Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola, Malpighi Bologna, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dermatological Practice, Kirchplatz 3, 87059, Immenstadt, Germany
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- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
| | - Alessandra Rossini
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
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- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
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- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.,Hospital of Schlanders/Silandro, Schlanders/Silandro, Italy
| | - Peter P Pramstaller
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany), Via Galvani 31, 39100, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. .,Department of Neurology, Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy. .,Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
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