Principal Investigators
Rhoda Au
Alzheimer's Disease Centre, Boston University
Email: rhodaau@bu.edu
Lindsay Farrer
Alzheimer's Disease Centre, Boston University
Data Contact
Alvin Ang
Email: alvinang@bu.edu
Summary
Setting: | Framingham, USA |
Start Date: | 1948 |
End Date: | - |
Participants: | Around 15,000 individuals across 5 cohorts |
Assessment Schedule: | Assessments every 2-6 years; original cohort with at least 32 assessments |
Measures: | (1) Medical history and events, including comprehensive cardiovascular disease data; (2) biomarkers; (3) lifestyle; (4) function, performance and anthropometry; (5) MMSE, neuropsychological test battery, MCI and dementia; (6) brain MRI |
Further Information
Further information: Tsao CW & Vasan RS. Cohort Profile: The Framingham Heart Study
(FHS): overview of milestones in cardiovascular epidemiology. Int J Epidemiol, 2015; 4(6): 1800-1813.