Individual Study / LBLS

Long Beach Longitudinal Study

Long Beach Longitudinal Study

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Start Year
1978
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Investigators Contacts
  • Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D.
    University of Southern California
  • Robert Kennison, Ph.D.
    California State University
  • Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D.
    University of Southern California

Design

Study design
Cohort

Marker Paper

Zelinski EM, Kennison RF; Long Beach Longitudinal Study. The Long Beach Longitudinal Study: evaluation of longitudinal effects of aging on memory and cognition. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2001;19(3):45-55.

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Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
2,125
Number of participants with biosamples
69

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Timeline

LBLS population

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
30
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • United States of America
Territory

Long Beach, or in nearby cities within Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernadino, and Orange counties.

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment

Number of participants

Number of participants
2,125
Number of participants with biosamples
69
Supplementary Information

Three panel of participants:
Panel 1: 264 participants recuited in 1978
Panel 2: 630 participants recruited in 1994
Panel 3: 911 participants recuited from 2000 to 2002

 

1978: 584 participants

1981: 264 participants

1994: 736 participants

1997: 416 participants

2000: 1126 participants

2003: 644 participants

2008: 468 participants

Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 1978 Baseline 1978-04 1979-06
0 1981 follow-up 1981-06 1981-09
0 1994 follow-up 1994-01 1996-07
0 1997 follow-up 1997-06 1999-07
0 2000 follow-up 2000-04 2003-09
0 2003 follow-up 2003-04 2004-07
0 2008 follow-up 2008-06 2012-09

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and health behaviours
Health status and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care utilization
Reproduction
Birth, infancy and childhood
End of life
Physical measures
Cognition, personality and other psychological measures
Laboratory measures
Social environment
Physical environment
Administrative information

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Marital/partner status
Education
Ethnicity, race and religion
Residence
Family and household structure
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and health behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Nutrition
Physical activity
Transportation
Personal hygiene
Sleep
Leisure activities

Health status and functional limitations

Perception of health
Functional activities
Use of assistive devices

Diseases

Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Circulatory system (I00-I99)
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
Genitourinary system (N00-N99)
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
Diseases without precise specification or related to multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplements
Other and unspecified pharmacological interventions

Non-pharmacological interventions

Surgical interventions
Radiological interventions
Cognitive, psychological and sensory interventions
Biosample analyses
Other information on non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations

Reproduction

Menstruation, menopause and andropause
Gravidity, pregnancy outcomes, parity (female) and fertility (male)

End of life

Vital status
Cause of death
Other end of life or death related information

Physical measures

Anthropometry

Cognition, personality and other psychological measures

Cognitive functioning
Psychological distress and emotions
Personality
Other psychological measures

Social environment

Social network
Social participation
Social support
Life events and plans

Physical environment

Housing characteristics
Built environment/neighbourhood characteristics
Chemical exposure
Other physical environment characteristics

Administrative information

Identifiers