Women's Health Initiative
Alternate Titles(s): WHI
UID: 10038
- Description
- The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a long-term national health study that focuses on strategies for preventing heart disease, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. The study includes data from 161,808 women aged 50-79. Datasets include information on demographics, diet, medical and physical measurements, medical history, outcomes (both adjudicated and self-reported), psychological habits, social habits, personal habits, genotypes, and specimen results.
- Publisher
- Timeframe
- 1993 - Present
- Geographic Coverage
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United States
Adult (19 years - 64 years)
Senior (65 years - 79 years)
Aged (80 years and over)
Female
Access
- Restrictions
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Application Required
- Instructions
- Researchers can access WHI data in three locations: an online Virtual Data Enclave hosted by the study, on BioLINCC, and on dbGaP.
Data in the Virtual Data Enclave is available for current WHI PIs, Ancillary Study PIs, Former PIs who were active in the first WHI Extension for one year and lead authors on approved papers. To gain access to the Virtual Data Enclave, researchers must prepare a manuscript or ancillary study proposal, complete the WHI Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) Intake Form, sign the WHI Data Distribution Agreement, Sign the WHI Data Access and Use Agreement for the WHI Virtual Data Enclave, provide IRB approval documentation, and provide a Purchase Order. Detailed information on obtaining access can be found on the WHI Researcher Data page.
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