PLoS Med. 2015 Mar 31;12(3):e1001779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779. eCollection 2015 Mar.

UK biobank: an open access resource for identifying the causes of a wide range of complex diseases of middle and old age.

Sudlow C¹, Gallacher J², Allen N³, Beral V⁴, Burton P⁵, Danesh J⁶, Downey P⁷, Elliott P⁷, Green J⁴, Landray M⁴, Liu B⁸, Matthews P⁷, Ong G⁹, Pell J¹⁰, Silman A¹¹, Young A⁴, Sprosen T⁴, Peakman T¹², Collins R³.

Author information

1: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom.
2: University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
3: UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
4: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
5: University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
6: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
7: Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
8: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
9: University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom.
10: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
11: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
12: UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Cathie Sudlow and colleagues describe the UK Biobank, a large population-based prospective study, established to allow investigation of the genetic and non-genetic determinants of the diseases of middle and old age.