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	前向きコホート研究	コホート研究
分野	疫学	疫学
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	1950s (systematic application); conceptual roots earlier	Mid-20th century (formal epidemiological design codified ~1950s)
提唱者	Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill (landmark application, 1951-1954); cohort methodology formalised by modern epidemiology textbooks	Doll & Hill (British Doctors Study, 1951); Snow (cholera, 1854)
種類	Observational longitudinal study design	Observational longitudinal study design
原典	Rothman, K. J., Greenland, S., & Lash, T. L. (2008). Modern Epidemiology (3rd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN: 978-0781755641	Rothman, K. J., Greenland, S., & Lash, T. L. (2008). Modern Epidemiology (3rd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN: 978-0781755641
別名	longitudinal cohort study, prospective follow-up study, incidence study, prospective observational cohort	longitudinal study, follow-up study, panel study, incidence study
関連	6	6
概要	A prospective cohort study assembles a group of participants who are free of the outcome of interest at baseline, measures their exposures, and then follows them forward in time to record who develops the outcome. By collecting exposure data before outcomes occur, it establishes a clear temporal sequence that supports causal inference — a major advantage over retrospective designs. It is the cornerstone observational method in epidemiology and clinical research.	A cohort study assembles a group of individuals who share a common starting point — typically freedom from the outcome of interest — and follows them over time to observe who develops the outcome. By comparing incidence rates between exposed and unexposed subgroups, researchers can estimate relative risk and absolute risk differences. Cohort studies are the gold-standard observational design for measuring disease incidence and establishing temporal relationships between exposure and outcome.