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Baseline assessment data collection
| Phase | Date | |
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| Pilot Phase of baseline assessment | March - June 2006 | - UK Biobank Pilot Assessment
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| Main Phase of baseline assessment | Initial data collection starts | April 2007 | - The first assessment centre of the main study opens. It includes:
- a touchscreen questionnaire,
- a range of physical measures, and
- collection of biological samples.
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| Additional measures incorporated | April 2009 | Touchscreen Questionnaire: Hearing test; Cognitive function tests Physical measures: Heel ultrasound (both heels, previously just one); Arterial stiffness 24-hour recall diet questionnaire |
| August 2009 | Physical measures: Eye measures (visual acuity, autorefraction, intraoccular pressure) Blood collection: RNA blood sample; saliva sample |
| December 2009 | |
| End of baseline assessment | July 2010 | - Recruitment to UK Biobank ends
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| Baseline data made available | March 2012 | - The UK Biobank Resource is launched
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