A prospective cohort study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows over time a group of similar individuals (cohorts) who differ with respect to certain...

A cohort study is a particular form of longitudinal study that samples a cohort (a group of people who share a defining characteristic, typically those...

death. Retrospective cohort studies have existed for approximately as long as prospective cohort studies. The retrospective cohort study compares groups of...

needed] A study on a cohort is a cohort study. Two important types of cohort studies are: Prospective Cohort Study: In this type of study, there is a...

to disease outcome in the setting of a case–control study than within a prospective cohort study design where the exposure is ascertained prior to following...

The British Doctors' Study was a prospective cohort study which ran from 1951 to 2001, and in 1956 provided convincing statistical evidence that tobacco...

Framingham Heart Study is a long-term, ongoing cardiovascular cohort study of residents of the city of Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948...

For example, a prospective student is someone who is considering attending a school. A prospective cohort study is a type of study, e.g., in sociology...

diverticular disease in Oxford cohort of European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): prospective study of British vegetarians and...

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study is a Europe-wide prospective cohort study of the relationships between diet...