Population aging makes it necessary to identify factors related to unhealthy aging. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between ideal cardiovascular health, diet and other lifestyles and biological risk factors (either clasical or emergent) and the risk of physical and cognitive function impairment and mortality in a cohort of community-living individuals aged 65 years and over.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
4,000
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Functional limitations on bicep-femoral flexibility
Chair Sit and Reach test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on shoulder flexibility
Back Scratch test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on balance
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): Balance test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on gait speed
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): Gait Speed test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on strength of legs
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): Chair Stand test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on strength of hands
Hydraulic hand dynamometer (Jamar Plus +)
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on activities of daily living
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on instrumental activities of daily living
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on olfactory function
Pocket Smell test
Time frame: 3 years
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Functional limitations on taste function
NIH Tool Box Taste test
Time frame: 3 years
Functional limitations on auditory function
Audiometry
Time frame: 3 years
Cognitive impairment
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Time frame: 3 years
Executive function limitations on working memory
Digits Forward test (WAIS-III),
Time frame: 3 years
Executive function limitations on programmed motor tasks
Three Hand Position test of Luria
Time frame: 3 years
Executive function limitations on motor response control
GO-NO-GO test.
Time frame: 3 years
Memory function limitations
Seven Minute Screen (orientation, memory, clock drawing, verbal fluency)
Time frame: 3 years
Frailty
Fried criteria
Time frame: 3 years
Falls
From the question: "How many times have you fallen down since the last interview? a) Number of falls; b) Number of injurious falls; c) Number of falls with fracture
Time frame: 3 years
Arterial stiffness estimated by pulse wave velocity (PWV)
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor using the oscillometric method (Mobil-O-Graph PWA) to estimate PWV (m/s) over a 24 hours period
Time frame: 3 years
Arterial stiffness estimated by central sistolic blood pressure (CSBP)
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor using the oscillometric method (Mobil-O-Graph PWA) to estimate CSBP (mmHg) over a 24 hours period
Time frame: 3 years
Arterial stiffness estimated by augmentation index (AI)
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor using the oscillometric method (Mobil-O-Graph PWA) to estimate AI (%) over a 24 hours period
Time frame: 3 years
24-h systolic and diastolic blood pressure
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor using the oscillometric method (Mobil-O-Graph PWA) to estimate brachial blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) (mmHg) over a 24 hours period
Time frame: 3 years
Mortality
From the National Institute of Statistics of Spain
Time frame: 3 years