45 and Up Study (The Sax Institute)
Sax Institute, in collaboration with Cancer Council NSW and NSW Ministry of Health
Australia's largest ongoing longitudinal study of health and ageing enrolls over 250,000 participants aged 45+ and tracks them across 15+ years of follow-up data. The study provides access to survey questionnaires, physical assessments, biospecimens (blood, genetic data), and linked data from Medicare, pharmaceutical records, hospital episodes, and cancer registries.
Category
Research database
Access
By application
Region
Oceania — Australia
Size
250,000+ participants
Data types
survey, biospecimens, genomics, linked administrative data, cancer registry, pharmaceutical