Tokyo Centenarian Study (TCS)
The TCS aimed to explore the characteristics of centenarians, including lifestyle habits, cognitive factors, personality and genetic features. Participants were over 500 individuals over the age of 100 living in 23 wards of Tokyo, Japan, randomly selected from resident registries. Baseline data collection, including questionnaires and physical examination, took place from 2000 to 2002, and participants were followed up annually to determine mortality until 2012.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
513 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 100 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000
Primary Institutions
Keio University (慶應義塾大学)
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (東京都健康長寿医療センター, TMIG)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Chiyoda Mutual Life Foundation
Foundation for Total Health Promotion
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (厚生労働省, MHLW)
Takeda Science Foundation
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
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
