Bambui Cohort Study of Ageing

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.