10/66 Cuba (Cuban Health and Alzheimer Study)

Principal Investigator

Professor Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez
Director of Alzheimer`s Center Department of Havana
Medical University of Havana
Email: mguerra@infomed.sld.cu

Data Contact

Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez
Email: mguerra@infomed.sld.cu

Summary

Setting: Havana and Matanzas provinces, Cuba
Start Date: 2003
End Date: ongoing
Participants: 2944 adults aged ≥ 65 years
Assessment Schedule: 2nd assessment in 2007-2011; 3rd in 2016-2018
Measures: (1) Cognitive tests; (2) Dementia diagnoses; (3) Broad range of sociodemographic, lifestyle and cardiac, physical and mental health factors; (4) Physical exam and blood tests

Further Information:

  • Llibre-Rodríguez et al. Cuba’s Aging and Alzheimer Longitudinal Study. MEDICC Review 19: 31-5, 2017.