Elderly Environmental and LifEstyle FActors iN metabolic health throughout life-course Trajectories (Elderly ELEFANT)
Elderly ELEFANT investigates how environmental exposures and lifestyle factors affect metabolic health and non-communicable diseases in older adults. This cohort is part of the larger Environmental and LifEstyle FActors iN metabolic health throughout life-course Trajectories (ELEFANT) project. Participants are aged at least 61 years and are residents of Tianjin, China. At baseline the study included over 6,000 participants with a mean age of 66 years. The cohort is followed up annually to monitor changes in their health and lifestyle.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
6,503 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 61 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
Tianjin Medical University (天津医科大学, TMU)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Ministry of Science and Technology (中华人民共和国科学技术部)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会, NSFC)
Tianjin Natural Science Foundation
Tianjin University
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
