Prognosis in the Elderly Chinese: the Northern Shanghai Study

Shanghai 10th People's Hospital5,000 enrolled

Overview

The Northern Shanghai Study is a prospective community-based study, which is aimed to investigate the prognostic factors, including conventional cardiovascular risk factors and asymptomatic target organ damage, for mortality and cardiovascular diseases, in 5,000 elderly Chinese.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

5,000

Conditions

Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. age≥65 years old(depending on identity card); 2. informed consent should be signed voluntarily; 3. the individuals are long-term residents in northern Shanghai. Exclusion Criteria: 1. is diagnosed serious heart disease (NYHA\>IV) or end stage renal disease (CKD \> 4); 2. suffered with cancer and life expectancy was less than 5 years; 3. has stroke within 3 months; 4. is not willing to participate in the clinical study; 5. suffered with other disease to quite the trial; 6. violated the protocol; 7. lost contact with laboratory staff.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular events

Time frame: one year

Cardiovascular diseases

Time frame: one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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