2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0192-0
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The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings

Abstract: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing longitudinal study of older adults in the Netherlands, which started in 1992. LASA is focused on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. The study is based on a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55 years and over. The findings of the LASA study have been reported in over 450 publications so far (see www.lasa-vu.nl). In this article we describe the background and the … Show more

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“…Because a Dutch FRAX tool was not available at the start of the study, the UK version of the FRAX was used with cut‐off values derived from the data from a representative sample of Dutch older persons (Table ) . Age‐dependent treatment cut‐offs were applied to avoid counterintuitive clinical practice whereby almost all participants of 80 years and older would have an indication for anti‐osteoporosis medication at low treatment thresholds and only few participants of 70 years and younger at higher thresholds.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because a Dutch FRAX tool was not available at the start of the study, the UK version of the FRAX was used with cut‐off values derived from the data from a representative sample of Dutch older persons (Table ) . Age‐dependent treatment cut‐offs were applied to avoid counterintuitive clinical practice whereby almost all participants of 80 years and older would have an indication for anti‐osteoporosis medication at low treatment thresholds and only few participants of 70 years and younger at higher thresholds.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the present study, data were collected within the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA), an ongoing interdisciplinary, longitudinal cohort study on the predictors and consequences of changes in physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning in older men and women (20,21,22). From the population registers of 11 municipalities in three regions in the Netherlands, a random sample was drawn of over 3000 communitydwelling older men and women, 55-85 years of age, stratified by age and sex and weighted according to expected 5-year mortality.…”
Section: Study Populationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The following cohorts studies are included in the MooDFOOD project: the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ( LASA ) (Hoogendijk et al . ), the NEtherlands Study on Depression and Anxiety ( NESDA ) (Penninx et al . ), the HEalthy Life In an Urban Setting study ( HELIUS ) (Stronks et al .…”
Section: Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Data from six prospective cohort studies will be used, representing diversity across Europe both in terms of population characteristics and differences in diet as well as the social, political and economic contexts. The following cohorts studies are included in the MooDFOOD project: the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) (Hoogendijk et al 2016), the NEtherlands Study on Depression and Anxiety (NESDA) (Penninx et al 2008), the HEalthy Life In an Urban Setting study (HELIUS) (Stronks et al 2013), the Whitehall II study (WHITEHALL II) Figure 1 Conceptual model forming the basis of the MooDFOOD project. (Marmot & Brunner 2005), the Invecchiare in Chianti study (INCHIANTI) (Ferrucci et al 2000), and the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility study (AGES) (Harris et al 2007).…”
Section: Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%