MADRID+90 study on factors associated with longevity: Study design and preliminary data.

ABSTRACT: The progressive aging of the population represents a challenge for society. In particular, a strong increase in the number of people over 90 is expected in the next two decades. As this phenomenon will lead to an increase in illness and age-related dependency, the study of long-lived people represents an opportunity to explore which lifestyle factors are associated with healthy aging and which with the emergence of age-related diseases, especially Alzheimer's type dementia. The project "Factors associated with healthy and pathologically aging in a sample of elderly people over 90 in the city of Madrid" (MADRID+90) brings together a multidisciplinary research team in neurodegenerative diseases that includes experts in epidemiology, neurology, neuropsychology, neuroimaging and computational

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Blazquez MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128242 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature