Why have I been selected to participate in this sub-study?
Participants who have been selected to provide a blood sample are eligible to be selected for the Accelerometer Sub-Study. Once participants have provided a blood sample, a random sample are then invited to participate in the Accelerometer sub-study.
Participants are chosen to provide a blood sample either on the basis of your family history of cancer or to enable the study to have a collection of blood samples reflecting the distribution of sex in the Australian population. The ABC study seeks to understand the role that genetic and lifestyle factors play in the health and development of chronic diseases.