Cohort profile: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, a Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Birmingham collaboration

Funding

The study is funded by The University of Hong Kong Foundation for Educational Development and Research, Hong Kong; the Guangzhou Public Health Bureau and the Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Guangzhou, China; and The University of Birmingham, UK. We thank Professor Sir R Peto, Dr Z M Chen, and colleagues of the Clinical Trial Service Unit, The University of Oxford for their support. The Guangzhou Health and Happiness Association for the Respectable Elders for convoking the subjects. The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study investigators include: the Guangzhou No. 12 Hospital: X Q Lao, W S Zhang, M Cao, T Zhu, B Liu, C Q Jiang (Co-PI); The University of Hong Kong: G N Thomas, C M Schooling, S M McGhee, R F Fielding, G M Leung, T H Lam (Co-PI); The University of Birmingham: P Adab, M Zeegers, K K Cheng (Co-PI).