Washington Heights Inwood and Columbia Aging Project II (WHICAP II)
WHICAP II recruited elderly adults from the Washington Heights and Inwood communities in northern Manhattan, New York, United States of America. 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. 602 participants from the original WHICAP I cohort were also included in the study. This resulted in a baseline cohort of over 2,700 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
2,785 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 65 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1999
Primary Institutions
Columbia University (Academic, United States of America)
New York State Psychiatric Institute (Healthcare/Medical, United States of America)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (Government, United States of America)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (Government, United States of America)
National Institute on Aging (NIA) (Government, United States of America)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Government, United States of America)
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
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
