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The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Cohort update 2019 and additional data collections

This article provides an update of the design of the LASA study and its methods, on the basis of recent developments. We describe additional data collections, such as additional nine-monthly measurements in-between the regular three-yearly waves that have been conducted among the oldest old during 2016–2019, and the inclusion of a cohort of older Turkish and Moroccan migrants.

The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is a prospective cohort study of older adults in the Netherlands, initially based on a nationally representative sample of people aged 55–84 years. The study has been ongoing since 1992, and focuses on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. Strengths of the LASA study include its multidisciplinary character, the availability of over 25 years of follow-up, and the cohort-sequential design that allows investigations of longitudinal changes, cohort diferences and time trends in functioning. The fndings from LASA have been reported in over 600 publications so far (see www.lasa-vu.nl).

Hoogendijk, E. O., Deeg, D. J. H., de Breij, S., Klokgieters, S. S., Kok, A. A. L., Stringa, N.,  Huisman, M. (2019). The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2019 and additional data collectionsEuropean Journal of Epidemiology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00541-2

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