Research infrastructure The Mauritius Study tracks how health and disease change as societies develop. For more than 30 years, researchers have been collecting unique data on conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the population of Mauritius. Today, the data are managed and analysed at ͯÑÕÊÓƵ and provide a uniquely rich opportunity to understand how lifestyle, environment, and heredity affect health over time.
Solnedgång i Rodrigues
Image Stefan SöderbergMauritius and Rodrigues are islands in the south-eastern part of the Indian Ocean. Major changes in lifestyle have been seen during the last fifty years, and the disease panorama has changed from high infant mortality and infectious diseases to lifestyle-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
Recently, Umeå University and the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine have been granted the privilege to curate and analyse data generated in the Mauritius and Rodrigues NCD study.
More information about the study is found on the network's website: The Mauritius Study
All data are held at Umeå University and managed by the Section of Biobank and Registry Support, info.brs@ͯÑÕÊÓƵ. The resources are available for national and international researchers.
We encourage researchers to use these data; applications must include a research plan and ethical approval. The final decision is made by the steering group in Umeå. Data access is free of charge.
More information about the application process and the application form can be found here: The Mauritius Study
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT07048717
