Canadian Study of Health and Aging
Initiatives
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To provide accurate statistics on the number of people who have dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, in Canada. The study also covers a range of other health topics.
- Start Year
- 1989
- End Year
- 2001
- Funding
- Canadian federal government's Seniors' Independence Research Program, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (grant # MOP-42530).
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Participants were assessed at 5-yearly intervals: in 1991, 1996, and for a final time in 2001
Marker Paper
The Canadian Study of Health and Aging: risk factors for Alzheimer's disease in Canada. Neurology. 1994 Nov;44(11):2073-80. doi: 10.1212/wnl.44.11.2073.
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 10,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Over 65 years old.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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