Cohort profile: follow-up of a Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) subsample as part of the GendAge study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study 'Sex- and gender-sensitive prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic disease in older adults in Germany', the GendAge study, focuses on major risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and on the development of major outcomes from intermediate phenotypes in the context of sex and gender differences. It is based on a follow-up examination of a subsample (older group) of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II).

Participants

The GendAge study assessments took place between 22 June 2018 and 10 March 2020. A total of 1100 participants (older BASE-II subsample, aged ≥65 years) with baseline data assessed at least by one of the BASE-II partner sites were investigated in the follow-up. These participants had a mean age of 75.6 years (SD ±3.8), with a mean

SUBMITTER: Demuth I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8230995 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature