Principal Investigator
Nikolaos Scarmeas
Eginition Hospital
72 Vasilisis Sofias Avenue
Athens, Greece, 11528
Email: ns257@columbia.edu
Data Contact
Lena Margioti
Email: eleni_margioti@yahoo.gr
Summary
| Setting: | Larisa / Marousi, Greece |
| Start Date: | 2010 |
| End Date: | ongoing |
| Participants: | Random population sample of 1500 individuals aged ≥65 years |
| Assessment Schedule: | Face-to-face interviews at 3 year intervals |
| Measures: | (1) Complete Neuropsychiatric evaluations assessing dementia, MCI and cognitive performance and decline for most cognitive domains; (2) Broad range of sociodemographic, lifestyle, dietary, nutrional risk, physical activity, physical performance, mobility, anthropometric, functional, overal health factors, psychiatric-mental health factors and conditions, neurological asessments for essential tremor, parkinsonian disorders, cerebrovascular disorders; (3) Blood samples stored (serum, plasma, DNA)
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Further Information
Dardiotis et al. The Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet (HELIAD): Rationale, study design, and cohort description. Neuroepidemiology, 2014;43:9-14.
