SALSA - Baseline
At baseline, clinical examination and cognitive testing were performed. Each participant was followed up every 12-15 months from baseline through 2008.
Information about participant's socio-demographic profile (age, gender, country of birth, education and marital status), migration history, lifestyle habits, depressive symptoms, acculturation, medication use and medical diagnoses were collected in a home interview. The cultural orientation was assessed using the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans. Activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) were measured using standard scales.
To screen for dementia, two cognitive tests were used: the Modified Mini Mental Status Examination (3MSE) and the Spanish and English Verbal Learning Test (SEVLT). Scores on these 2 tests were adjusted for effects of age and education. All participants whose score met the adjusted criteria (3MSE<84 and Delayed recall trial (SEVLT)<7) were referred for a neuropsychological testing in the follow up.
Physical measures like anthropometry, blood pressure and ankle: arm blood pressure, physical performance tests (tandem stand and walk, multiple chair stands and a timed walk) were completed during the home visit.
Blood samples and buccal swabs were taken respectively for laboratory tests of of lipids, antioxidants, glucose and insulin, and for ApoE analysis.
Participants’ baseline addresses were geocoded to the 2000 US Census tracts, with participant data subsequently linked to census data. Factor analysis was used to construct a Neighborhood socioeconomic position (NSEP) score. Deaths were identified using online obituaries; review of the Social Security Death Index, vital statistics data files, and death certificates; and interviews with family members.
At baseline, clinical examination and cognitive testing were performed. Each participant was followed up every 12-15 months from baseline through 2008.
Information about participant's socio-demographic profile (age, gender, country of birth, education and marital status), migration history, lifestyle habits, depressive symptoms, acculturation, medication use and medical diagnoses were collected in a home interview. The cultural orientation was assessed using the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans. Activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) were measured using standard scales.
To screen for dementia, two cognitive tests were used: the Modified Mini Mental Status Examination (3MSE) and the Spanish and English Verbal Learning Test (SEVLT). Scores on these 2 tests were adjusted for effects of age and education. All participants whose score met the adjusted criteria (3MSE<84 and Delayed recall trial (SEVLT)<7) were referred for a neuropsychological testing in the follow up.
Physical measures like anthropometry, blood pressure and ankle: arm blood pressure, physical performance tests (tandem stand and walk, multiple chair stands and a timed walk) were completed during the home visit.
Blood samples and buccal swabs were taken respectively for laboratory tests of of lipids, antioxidants, glucose and insulin, and for ApoE analysis.
Participants’ baseline addresses were geocoded to the 2000 US Census tracts, with participant data subsequently linked to census data. Factor analysis was used to construct a Neighborhood socioeconomic position (NSEP) score. Deaths were identified using online obituaries; review of the Social Security Death Index, vital statistics data files, and death certificates; and interviews with family members.
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Start Date
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1998-02
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End Date
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1999-09
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Data sources
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Questionnaires
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Cognitive measures
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Physical measures
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Biosamples
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Administrative databases
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Other : Online obituaries, social security death index, death certificates; and interviews with family members.
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Data sources - Biosamples
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Data sources - Administrative databases
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Vital statistics databases
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Socioeconomic databases
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Environmental databases
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Files
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