Principal Investigator
Erico Castro-Costa
Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Email: ericocastrocosta@gmail.com
Data Contact
Erico Castro-Costa
Email: ericocastrocosta@gmail.com
Summary
Setting: | Bambui, Brazil |
Start Date: | 1997 |
End Date: | 2013 |
Participants: | 1606 individuals aged 60+ years |
Assessment Schedule: | Baseline and annual follow-up visits (with some procedures repeated in selected years only) |
Measures: | (1) Major geriatric syndromes, including cognitive decline, functional dependence, use of health services and medications; (2) Broad range of sociodemographic, psychosocial, lifestyle, mental health, and classical cardiovascular risk factors; (3) Some novel biomarkers and Chagas disease related measures; (4) Genome wide scanning, and serum, plasma, buffy coat and DNA aliquots stored for future use. |
Further Information
Lima-Costa et al. Cohort Profile: The Bambui (Brazil) Cohort Study of Ageing. Int J Epidemiol 2011;40:862-867.