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NuAge-T2

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Associated study NuAge Contingency Table

Population

NuAge Population

The population is comprised of 1793 healthy men and women, selected from three age groups (68–72, 73–77, 78–82) at recruitment. A total of 82.4% of the population is French speaking participants and a total of 14.3% is English speaking participants.

Selection Criteria

Minimum age

Maximum age

Newborns

Twins

Countries

Canada

Territory

Laval, Montreal, Sherbrooke

Other criteria

Participants had to be French or English speaking, willing to commit for a 5-year period, able to walk without help (cane acceptable), free of disabilities in activities of daily living, not cognitively impaired (3MS > 79), able to walk 100 meters or to climb 10 stairs without rest, able to provide written informed consent. Participants with the following conditions were excluded: class II heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring home oxygen therapy or oral steroids, inflammatory digestive diseases, or cancer treated either by radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or surgery in previous 5 years (with the exception of skin basocellular carcinoma).

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment

General population

General Population

Volunteer enrolment
Selected sample

Supplementary Information

Volunteer enrolment : n=206; RAMQ database, randomly selected: n=1587

Number of participants

Number of participants
Number of participants with biosamples

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Data Collection Event

S3

Telephone interview conducted at 6-month following T3 to ensure follow-up and document health events, health care services utilization, falls, changes in medication, living arrangements and body weight.

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Collected Dataset / NuAge-T2

NuAge-T2

Population

NuAge Population

Data Collection Event

S3

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