Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study in Taiwan
The Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) in Taiwan was initially developed to explore how understanding the relationships among life challenges, the social environment and health can be enhanced by incorporating biological markers of health and stress. Specific aims of the initial study included:
- Investigating the extent to which biological markers of stress and chronic illness are related to reports of life events;
- Examining the extent to which biological markers help to explain variation in health across social hierarchies and networks; and
- Exploring the associations among biological markers, data from physicians' examinations, and self-reported health status, and their links to survival.
​With the addition of longitudinal data, the goals of the project have expanded to understanding the antecedents, correlates,and consequences of levels and changes in biological measures, health, and survival.
- Start Year
- 2000
- End Year
- 2007
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Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Follow Up
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Participants were assessed in 2000 and 2006.
Marker Paper
Cornman, Glei, Goldman et al. Cohort Profile: The Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) in Taiwan. IJE 2014.
PUBMED 25205853
Recruitment
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 2,024
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 1,420
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
SEBAS Population
The study sample was drawn from a sub-sample of respondents interviewed in the 1999 Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging (TLSA).
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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53
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Taiwan
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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Nationally representative sample
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- Participants from existing studies
- Supplementary Information
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The SEBAS 2000 cohort was recruited as a national sub-sample from respondents interviewed in 1999 for TLSA. Participants from the SEBAS 2000 cohort were re-interviewed in 2006 and a further 660 respondents from the TLSA were randomly selected as a refresher cohort for this second wave.
- Participants from Existing Studies
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- Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging (TLSA)
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 2,024
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 1,420
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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SEBAS 2000:
Number of participants interviewed: 1497
Number of participants with completed exam: 1023
SEBAS 2006:
Number of participants interviewed: 1284
Number of participants with completed exam: 1036
Data Collection Events
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SEBAS 2000
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Two visits were made to respondents' homes: one to administer a face-to-face questionnaire and the second, several weeks later, to deliver urine collection containers and make final ... |
2000-07 | 2000-12 |
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SEBAS 2006
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Two visits were made to respondents' homes: one to administer a face-to-face questionnaire and the second, several weeks later, to deliver urine ... |
2006-08 | 2007-01 |
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
- Perception of health
- Quality of life
- Life course development
- Functional limitations
- Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information
Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
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
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Functional limitations