Cohort profile: the Liyang cohort study on chronic diseases and risk factors monitoring in China (Liyang Study).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Liyang cohort study on chronic diseases and risk factors monitoring in China (Liyang Study) is a prospective population-based study which aims to investigate and identify the determinants of the most prevalent chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and to evaluate the impact of demographic characteristics, lifestyle, dietary habits, cognition, disability and NCDs on the health-related quality of life.

Participants

Between March 2019 and June 2020, 10 056 individuals aged ≥18 years were administered a baseline survey through a multistage cluster random sampling in Liyang City, southern Jiangsu Province, China.

Findings to date

The Liyang Study included detailed sociodemographic, anthropometric and health-related behaviour, common NCDs and blood sample inf

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature