Tokyo Centenarian Study
The main objective of the Tokyo Centenarian Study (TCS) was to determine the most important drivers of successful aging (extreme longevity) in Japanese centenarians.
More precisely, goals of TCS were:
- To characterize the ultimate aging phenotype in humans;
- To identify the factors associated with longevity and healthy aging; and
- To describe adaptation to functional decline by centenarians and their families.
- Start Year
- 2000
- End Year
- 2012
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Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Follow Up
- After investigation in 2000, information on mortality was ascertained annually by telephone contact or mail survey until September 30 2012.
- Supplementary Information
Marker Paper
Arai, Y., Takayama, M., Inagaki, H., Gondo, Y., Masui, Y., & Hirose, N. (2015). Centenarian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Research on Healthy Longevity. In Aging Mechanisms; pp. 31-49. Springer Japan
Recruitment
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 513
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 255
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
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Timeline
TCS population
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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100
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Japan
- Territory
- 23 wards of metropolitan Tokyo
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Centenarians were randomly chosen from the basic registry of residence.
Number of Participants
- Number of Participants
- 513
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 255
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Description | Start | End |
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TCS - Investigation
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A questionnaire was sent that included questions which provided information regarding socio-demographics (age, sex, education, occupation and birth area), lifestyle (smoking and drinking ... |
2000-06 | 2002-05 |
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TCS - Mortality follow-up
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Information on mortality was ascertained annually by telephone contact or mail survey until September 30 2012. |
2001-06 | 2012-09 |
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
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
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Quality of life
Functional limitations