Helsinki Businessmen Study (HBS)

GENERAL
Year
1964
Country
Finland
STUDY DETAILS
Waves

Men born 1919-1934, several waves, regularly 2000 onwards, survival status up to 31 Dec, 2020

Sample size

3490

Sample population

Men born 1919-1934, businessmen and executives

Sample residence

Men born 1919-1934, businessmen and executives

Survey mode

Clinical studies, mailed questionnaires, national registers

Longitudinal or cross-section study

Longitudinal and cross-sectional study

Data sources

Questionnaires, various clinical examinations, morbidity, mortality

Main topics

Disease prevention, esp. cardiovascular, risk factors, quality of life, functional capacity. Life course and geriatric viewpoints

Goals

Study of predictors of important outcomes over the life course

Scientific domain

Medicine, psychology, social science

Age studies subcategories
Cohort study, Life course
INSTITUTION
Institution

University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital

Contact

Prof. Timo Strandberg

timo.strandberg@helsinki.fi

LINKS / PUBLICATIONS
Links
Publications

Strandberg, T. E., Salomaa, V., Strandberg, A. Y., Vanhanen, H., Sarna, S., Pitkälä, K., … & Huttunen, J. (2016). Cohort profile: the Helsinki businessmen study (HBS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 45(4), 1074-1074h.

von Bonsdorff, M. B., Haapanen, M. J., Törmäkangas, T., Pitkälä, K. H., Stenholm, S., & Strandberg, T. E. (2019). Midlife cardiovascular status and old age physical functioning trajectories in older businessmen. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(12), 2490-2496.

Jyväkorpi, S. K., Urtamo, A., Kivimäki, M., Salomaa, V., & Strandberg, T. E. (2020). Association of midlife body composition with old-age health-related quality of life, mortality, and reaching 90 years of age: a 32-year follow-up of a male cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(5), 1287-1294.

Strandberg, T. E., Lindström, L., Jyväkorpi, S., Urtamo, A., Pitkälä, K. H., & Kivimäki, M. (2021). Phenotypic frailty and multimorbidity are independent 18-year mortality risk indicators in older men. European Geriatric Medicine, 1-9.