Shimokata H, Ando F, Niino N
Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Aichi, Japan.
J Epidemiol. 2000 Apr;10(1 Suppl):S1-9. doi: 10.2188/jea.10.1sup_1.
A new comprehensive longitudinal study of aging, the National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Longitudinal Study of Aging (NILS-LSA) started in November 1997. The participants of this study will be 2,400 residents aged 40 to 79 years who were age- and gender-stratified random samples selected from the NILS area. All participants provided written informed consent after a detailed explanation of the study. They will be examined at the NILS-LSA Examination Center every two years. Their first wave examinations will be finished by the end of March 2000. The examined variables number over 1,000, including clinical evaluations, medical examinations, anthropometry, body composition, physical functions, physical activities, psychological assessments, nutritional analysis and molecular epidemiology. By the end of September 1999, 1,643 men and women had completed their first wave examinations.
一项关于衰老的全新综合性纵向研究——国立长寿科学研究所衰老纵向研究（NILS-LSA）于1997年11月启动。该研究的参与者为2400名年龄在40至79岁之间的居民，他们是从NILS地区按年龄和性别分层抽取的随机样本。所有参与者在对研究进行详细解释后均提供了书面知情同意书。他们将每两年在NILS-LSA检查中心接受一次检查。他们的首轮检查将于2000年3月底完成。所检查的变量超过1000个，包括临床评估、医学检查、人体测量、身体成分、身体功能、身体活动、心理评估、营养分析和分子流行病学。截至1999年9月底，已有1643名男性和女性完成了首轮检查。
