Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet
Initiatives
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It was designed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer disease, other dementias, mild cognitive impairment, and other neuropsychiatric conditions of aging in the Greek population and to investigate associations between nutrition and cognitive dysfunction/age-related neuropsychiatric diseases in this Mediterranean population. The study also ascertains several demographic, medical, social, environmental, clinical, nutritional, and neuropsychological determinants and lifestyle activities.
*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
- 2011
- End Year
- 2014
- Funding
- IIRG-09- 133014 from the Alzheimer’s Association; 189 10276/8/9/2011 from the ESPA-EU program Excellence Grant (ARISTEIA), which is co-funded by the European Social Fund and Greek National resources, and ΔΥ2β/οικ.51657/14.4.2009 from the Ministry for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece).
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Dardiotis et al. The Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet (HELIAD): Rationale, study design, and cohort description. Neuroepidemiology, 2014;43:9-14. doi:10.1159/000362723
PUBMED 24993387
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,050
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Over 65 years old.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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