Data Entry Maintenance

Metadata Commons Identifier

HMC000045

Project Title

BC Generations Project

Project Description

<div class="ewa-rteLine">The BC Generations Project (BCGP) is British Columbia’s largest-ever health study. The Project follows a cohort of nearly 30,000 BC participants who volunteer their health information and biological samples to help researchers learn more about how environment, lifestyle, and genes contribute to cancer and other chronic diseases. Participants are residents of British Columbia who were between the ages of 35-69 at time of recruitment which happened between 2009 and 2016. At recruitment, participants completed a detailed questionnaire providing information about their lifestyle, and medical and family history. Most participants also provided blood and urine samples.</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine">BCGP is part of a national initiative – the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health – bringing together health information and biological samples from more than 330,000 Canadians.</div>

Project Funder(s)

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, BC Cancer Agency, BC Cancer Foundation

Project Institution(s)

BC Cancer Research Institute

Project Investigator(s)

Parveen Bhatti

Data Access Request URL*

https://bcgpresearch.ca/access-process/

Keywords

population-based cohort; prevention; chronic disease risk

Publication Link

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30169793/

Study Completed

Cohort Name

BC Generations Project

Cohort Size

29852

Disease/Condition Studied

chronic disease, cancer

Enrollment Time Window

2009-2016

Biobanking Consent Available

Medical History Available

Ethnicity Availability

Time Course

Patient Phenotypes

Patient Outcomes

Vital statistics

Clinical Data Types Available

Self-reported demographics, lifestyle factors, personal health history, and family health history

Time Course Data Points

2009-2016; 2016-2017; 2020

Enrollment City

Groups

Project

Cohort

Enrollment City

Groups

Samples and Omics