The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS)

Soochow University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Cognitive Impairment; Diabetes Mellitus; Cardiovascular Diseases; Depression; Frailty; Cancer; Sarcopenia

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05141565

SUDA20210122H03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS) is a community-based prospective cohort study of chronic disease, mortality and associated factors among elderly adults in Kunshan, Eastern China.

Full description

The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS) is a project organized by the Soochow University, in collaboration with the Kunshan & Suzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was primarily designed to assess risk factors (nutritional, metabolic, lifestyle, etc.) for chronic diseases and mortality among community residents aged 65 years and above, and explore effective intervention measures, so as to ultimately reduce the burden of disease and promote healthy aging. In addition, findings of this study would contribute to further understanding of pathogenesis of the chronic diseases and provide new ideas for precise prevention, drug development and risk prediction.

Enrollment: 5,945 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Locally registered-residents in Kunshan
• Aged 65 years or above
• Voluntary agreement to participate in the study (with written informed consent)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with stroke, coronary heart disease or cancer
• Patients with severe physical or mental illness
• People unable to complete the survey

Trial design

5,945 participants in 1 patient group

The Kunshan Elderly Health Study (KEHS)

Description:

Community-based observational cohort.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention