Biomarkers For Identifying Neurodegenerative Disorders Early and Reliably (BioFINDER One)
BioFINDER One was designed to investigate the etiologies of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders. The study sample includes elderly people fluent in Swedish with mild cognitive impairment from two memory clinics in southern Sweden, as well as cognitively healthy elderly people fluent in Swedish from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study. This resulted in a baseline cohort of over 1,100 participants aged between 60 and 80 years.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,150 (participants)
Age at first data collection
60 - 80 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Lund University (Lunds Universitet)
Skåne University Hospital (Skånes universitetssjukhus, SUS)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Crafoord Foundation
Region Skåne
Skåne University Hospital Foundation
Swedish Alzheimer Foundation (Alzheimerfonden)
Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- Arterial Spin Labelling (ASL)
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
