Leiden 85-plus Study
The Leiden 85-plus Study was a population-based study of 85-year-old inhabitants of the city of Leiden, The Netherlands. Special topics within the study included cardiovascular disease, cognitive function, mortality, and well-being. Between 1997 and 1999, the study recruited approximately 600 participants aged 85 years, born between 1912 and 1914. Participants were assessed at baseline and yearly until they reached 90 years old, between 2002 and 2004, and were followed up for mortality until the age of 95 years.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
599 (participants)
Age at first data collection
85 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1912 - 1914 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden, LEI)
Leiden University Medical Center (Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, LUMC)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (厚生労働省, MHLW)
Ongoing?
No
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)
- Secondary data
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
