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. 2025 Apr 12;54(3):dyaf071.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaf071.

Cohort Profile Update: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) Study

Henrike Galenkamp  1   2 , Anitra D M Koopman  1   2 , J Esi van der Zwan  1   2   3 , Bert-Jan H van den Born  1   4 , Anja Lok  5 , Eric P Moll van Charante  1   6 , Maria Prins  7   8 , Arnoud P Verhoeff  9   10 , Aeilko H Zwinderman  3 , Karien Stronks  1   2
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Cohort Profile Update: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) Study

Henrike Galenkamp et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Keywords: HELIUS study; cardiovascular disease; cohort studies; epidemiology; general population; health inequalities; infectious diseases; mental disorders.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Demographic characteristics of HELIUS participants at HELIUS baseline (H1) and follow-up (H2) by ethnic group. (A) Percentage women; (B) percentage participants in each age group; (C) percentage of participants in each educational level.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Depressive symptom prevalence at baseline and follow-up by migration generation compared with the Dutch-origin group and differences between groups over time based on Generalized Estimating Equations analysis. N.s. = nonsignificant.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Hypertension prevalence at baseline and follow-up by migration generation compared with the Dutch-origin group and differences between groups over time based on Generalized Estimating Equations analysis. N.s. = nonsignificant.
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