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Einstein Aging Study

Einstein Aging Study

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Start Year
1993
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Richard B. Lipton
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
  • Dr. Martin Sliwinski
    Penn State University
  • Mindy Katz
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
After baseline, participants are followed yearly.
Supplementary Information

Marker Paper

Katz, M.J. et al. Age-specific and sex-specific prevalence and incidence of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer dementia in blacks and whites: a report from the Einstein Aging Study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord, 2012 Oct-Dec;26(4):335-43.

PUBMED 22156756

Recruitment

Recruitment Target
  • Individuals

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
2,600
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
2,600

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Timeline

EAS population

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
70
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • United States of America
Territory

Bronx County, NY

Ethnic Origin
Health Status
  • Exclusion criteria included visual or auditory impairments that preclude neuropsychological testing, active psychiatric symptomatology that interfered with the ability to complete assessments, and non-ambulatory status. 

Other Criteria

Eligible participants were non-institutionalized and English speaking.

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Selected sample

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
2,600
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
2,600
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 EAS - Baseline Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1993 1994
1 EAS - Follow-up 1 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1994 1995
2 EAS - Follow-up 2 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1995 1996
3 EAS - Follow-up 3 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1996 1997
4 EAS - Follow-up 4 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1997 1998
5 EAS - Follow-up 5 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1998 1999
6 EAS - Follow-up 6 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 1999 2000
7 EAS - Follow-up 7 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2000 2001
8 EAS - Follow-up 8 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2001 2002
9 EAS - Follow-up 9 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2002 2003
10 EAS - Follow-up 10 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2003 2004
11 EAS - Follow-up 11 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2004 2005
12 EAS - Follow-up 12 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2005 2006
13 EAS - Follow-up 13 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2006 2007
14 EAS - Follow-up 14 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2007 2008
15 EAS - Follow-up 15 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2008 2009
16 EAS - Follow-up 16 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2009 2010
17 EAS - Follow-up 17 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2010 2011
18 EAS - Follow-up 18 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2011 2012
19 EAS - Follow-up 19 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2012 2013
20 EAS - Follow-up 20 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2013 2014
21 EAS - Follow-up 21 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2014 2015
22 EAS - Follow-up 22 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2015 2016
23 EAS - Follow-up 23 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2016 2017
24 EAS - Follow-up 24 Demographic information, education, previous occupations, income, marital status, religion, medical history, medications, family history, health behaviors, and functional status were obtained ... 2017 2018

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Death
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments
Life events
Beliefs and values
Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Sleep
Sexual behaviours and orientation
Technological devices
Misbehaviour and criminality
Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Birthplace
Ethnicity, race and religion
Language
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Physical activity
Sleep
Leisure activities

Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history

Puberty, menstruation, menopause and andropause

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Perception of health
Quality of life
Functional limitations
Use of assistive devices

Diseases

Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
Symptoms and signs involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
Symptoms and signs involving the urinary system (R30-R39)
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake

Non-pharmacological interventions

Surgical interventions
Radiological interventions
Cognitive, psychological and sensory interventions
Educational and health promotion interventions
Laboratory diagnosis interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations
Community and social care
Other health and community care

Death

Vital status

Physical measures and assessments

Anthropometry
Circulation and respiration
Muscles, skeleton and mobility
Sensory and pain
Skin and subcutaneous tissue

Laboratory measures

Genomics

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions

Life events, life plans, beliefs and values

Life events

Preschool, school and work life

School life

Social environment and relationships

Social participation

Administrative information

Identifiers
Date and time-related information
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Physical and cognitive measure and biosample-related information
Other administrative information

Cognitive functioning

Blessed Information Memory Concentration Test
Boston Naming Test
Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
Category Fluency Test
Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test
Memory Impairment Screen
Stroop Color and Word Test
Trail Making Test
Verbal Fluency
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Block Design)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Coding)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Digit Span)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Information)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Vocabulary)
Wechsler Memory Scale (Logical memory)
Wide Range Achievement Test

Personality

Big Five Inventory

Psychological distress and emotions

Beck Anxiety Inventory
Geriatric Depression Scale
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
Perceived Stress Scale
Patient Health Questionnaire

Life events

Daily Inventory of Stressful Events

Quality of life

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (Pain Intensity)
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (Pain Interference)
Short-Form 36 Health Survey

Functional limitations

Activities of Daily Living

Sleep

Berlin Questionnaire
Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale