The Longitudinal Study of Adult Health
Initiatives
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Impact of environmental influences on child development and health. To investigate the incidence and progression of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and their biologic , behavioral, environmental, occupational, psychological, and social factors. Both upstream(social patterns and structures that shape people’s chances to be healthy) and downstream (individual characteristics) risk factors will be assessed for their possible associations with subclinical and clinical outcomes.
- Start Year
- 2008
- Funding
- The ELSA-Brasil baseline study was supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Health (Science and Technology Department) and the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos and CNPq National Research Council) (grants 01 06 0010.00 RS, 01 06 0212.00 BA, 01 06 0300.00 ES, 01 06 0278.00 MG, 01 06 0115.00 SP, 01 06 0071.00 RJ).
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Surveillance is being conducted through annual telephone interviews, return visits to ELSA-Brasil clinics, employer reports, and linkage to national databases, such as the National Mortality System. Cohort participants will be reinterviewed and reexamined at the ELSA-Brasil clinics every 3–4 years.
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Marker Paper
Aquino EM, Barreto SM, Bensenor IM, et al. Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): objectives and design. Am J Epidemiol. 2012;175(4):315-324. doi:10.1093/aje/kwr294
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 15,105
- Number of participants with biosamples
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- Employees(aged between 35 and 74 years) from six public institutions of higher education and research in the Northeast, South and Southeast regions of Brazil.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : http://elsabrasil.org/
By contacting the study representative