Bushehr Elderly Health Program
Initiatives
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To investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their association to major adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Start Year
- 2013
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Every participant will be followed up for any medical event (fracture, falling and death) annually by telephone call. Recollection has been designed to be in 2.5-year intervals(a total of 15 years of follow-up)
Marker Paper
Shafiee et al. Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) programme: study protocol and design of musculoskeletal system and cognitive function (stage II). BMJ Open 2017;7:e013606. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013606
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 3,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Participants are over 60 years old from Bushehr, a southern province of Iran.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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