Cohort profile: the mature adults cohort of the Malawi longitudinal study of families and health (MLSFH-MAC).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Mature Adults Cohort of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH-MAC) contributes to global ageing studies by providing a rare opportunity to study the processes of individual and population ageing, the public health and social challenges associated with ageing and the coincident shifts in disease burdens, in a low-income, high HIV prevalence, sub-Saharan African (SSA) context.

Participants

The MLSFH-MAC is an open population-based cohort study of mature adults aged 45+ years living in rural communities in three districts in Malawi. Enrolment at baseline is 1266 individuals in 2012. Follow-ups were in 2013, 2017 and 2018 when the cohort size reached 1626 participants in 2018.

Findings to date

Survey instruments cover ageing-related topic

SUBMITTER: Kohler IV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7569924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature