The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-BRAZIL): Objectives and Design.

The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-BRAZIL): Objectives and Design. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Jan 31;: Authors: Lima-Costa MF, de Andrade FB, de Souza PRB, Neri AL, de Oliveira Duarte YA, Castro-Costa E, de Oliveira C Abstract Brazil is experiencing one of the world's fastest demographic aging worldwide. This demographic transition is occurring in a context of few resources and great social inequalities. The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) is a nationally representative study of 9,412 people aged 50 years and over, residing in 70 municipalities across the 5 great Brazilian regions. The study allows investigations of the aging process, its health, psychosocial and economic determinants and societal consequences. The baseline examination (2015-16) included detailed household and individual interviews and physical measurements (blood pressure, anthropometry, grip strength, timed walk and balance tests). Blood tests and samples storage were performed in a sub-sample of study participants. Subsequent waves are planned every 3 years. The study adopts a common conceptual framework of other great-scale longitudinal studies of aging in the world, namely Health and Retirement family, allowing cross-national comparisons. The goal of ELSI-Brazil is not only to build an understanding of aging in a large Western middle-income country in rapid demographic transition, but also to provide scientific data for to support and ...
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