Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project I (WHICAP I)
WHICAP I recruited elderly adults from the Washington Heights and Inwood communities in northern Manhattan, New York. Eligible participants were at least 65 years old, Medicare beneficiaries, living in the designated communities, spoke English or Spanish, and could give informed consent to participate in the study. This resulted in a baseline cohort of over 2,100 participants at baseline. Participants were from Caribbean Hispanic, African-American, and Caucasian backgrounds and had various socioeconomic circumstances.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,126 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 65 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
People 65 years and above in Washington Heights and Inwood communities in 1992.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1992
Primary Institutions
Columbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- 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
- None
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
