The 1905 Danish Birth Cohort
The Danish Birth Cohort Studies were set up to assess secular trends in the health and functioning of the very old. These studies include 4 birth cohorts of participants born in 1895, 1905, 1910, and 1915 in Denmark. The 1905 Danish Birth Cohort included over 2,000 participants. Males had a higher participation rate, and non-participants had a higher six-month mortality rate than participants. The sample included 20% of proxy interviewees.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
2,262 (participants)
Age at first data collection
92 - 93 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1905 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1998
Primary Institutions
University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet, SDU)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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)
- None
- None
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
