Principal Investigators
Professor Karen Ritchie
Inserm U1061: Neuropsychiatrie
Hôpital La Colombière, BP34493
Montpellier 34093 Cedex5
Email: karen.ritchie@inserm.fr
Dr Marie-Laure Ancelin
Email: marie-laure.ancelin@inserm.fr
Inserm U1061: Neuropsychiatrie
Hôpital La Colombière, BP34493
Montpellier 34093 Cedex5
Data Contact
Dr. Isabelle Carrière
Email: isabelle.carriere@inserm.fr
Summary
| Setting: | Montpellier district, France |
| Start Date: | 1999-2001 |
| End Date: | Ongoing |
| Particpants: | 2268 individuals aged 65+ years |
| Assessment Schedule: | 2, 4, 7 and 10 years |
| Measures: | (1) Standardised health interview (current health, medical history, medication use, reproductive history for women, exposure to environmental factors, sleep disorders, adverse life events, ADL/IADL, childhood and adult trauma, diet and activity levels; (2) Standardised neurological examination (blood pressure, cognition, MRI, ECG, cardiac ultrasound, subgroups with fMRI, auditory and retinal examinations, polysomnographic readings); (3) Standardised psychiatric interview (DSM IV life-time and current psychiatric disorders, anxiety and depression, personality); (4) Biological measures (cortisol, lipids, inflammatory markers, serum amyloid and genotyping). |
