Prognosis in the Elderly Chinese: the Northern Shanghai Study (NSS)

Tongji University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02368938

NSS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Northern Shanghai Study is a prospective community-based study, which is aimed to investigate the prognostic factors, including conventional cardiovascular risk factors and asymptomatic target organ damage, for mortality and cardiovascular diseases, in 5,000 elderly Chinese.

Enrollment: 5,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. age≥65 years old(depending on identity card);
2. informed consent should be signed voluntarily;
3. the individuals are long-term residents in northern Shanghai.

Exclusion criteria

1. is diagnosed serious heart disease (NYHA>IV) or end stage renal disease (CKD > 4);
2. suffered with cancer and life expectancy was less than 5 years;
3. has stroke within 3 months;
4. is not willing to participate in the clinical study;
5. suffered with other disease to quite the trial;
6. violated the protocol;
7. lost contact with laboratory staff.

Trial design

5,000 participants in 1 patient group

Several communities in the north of Shanghai