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Atlantic PATH is a research platform that is part of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath) project which involves six cohorts in nine provinces. Between 2009-2015, CanPath recruited and collected data from over 300,000 Canadians (>34,000 Atlantic Canadians) to examine the complex interplay of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors that lead to the development of cancer and other chronic diseases.

Between 2016-2019 participants were invited to complete the first follow-up questionnaire. More than 21,000 Atlantic PATH participants completed the follow-up questionnaire. That data underwent a harmonization process across all the cohorts and is now available to researchers.

The questionnaire seeks information about a person’s health that may have changed since the first time they provided information.

The follow-up dataset includes the following:

• Demographic
• Health status
• Medical history
• Prescribed medication
• Family health history
• Behaviours (sleep, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana use, and e-cigarette use)
• Working status
• Household income
• Anthropometric measurements

More information about the questionnaires and biological samples can be found here.

Details about the data access process can be found here.

Questions about data access can be directed to Dr. Ellen Sweeney (Ellen.Sweeney@dal.ca)