Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study
Initiatives
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The initial aims of MRC CFAS were:
1. To find out how common dementia and associated conditions are in England and Wales (prevalence) and also, how many new cases of dementia develop each year (incidence);
2. To find out if dementia varies around the country;
3. To describe the service needs of dementia sufferers and the degree of disability suffered;
4. To explore which factors increase the risk of someone developing dementia;
5. To investigate the different diseases that cause dementia and how quickly dementia progresses.
- Start Year
- 1989
- End Year
- 2011
- Funding
- The Medical Research Council (G990140) and the Health Department.
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- The follow-up consisted of an assessment (designed to be conducted 1 month after the screening interview) and annual interview (designed to be conducted 1 year after the screening interview). At the assessment and biannual follow-up interview permission was sought to approach and interview a relative or carer to ask for an objective account of the respondent’s health and abilities. Six years after the initial screening interview, all respondents in the assessed groups were interviewed. At 8 years only those who had indicated an intention to donate brain tissue were re-interviewed. At 10 years all survivors from the responding group of the complete study were re-contacted for interview.
Marker Paper
Minett, T., Classey, J., Matthews, F. E., Fahrenhold, M., Taga, M., Brayne, C., Ince, P. G., Nicoll, J. A., Boche, D., & MRC CFAS (2016). Microglial immunophenotype in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology. Journal of neuroinflammation, 13(1), 135. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-016-0601-z
PUBMED 16980700
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 13,004
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : http://www.cfas.ac.uk/