"The National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) is America's longest-running scientific study of human aging. It began in 1958, when gerontology—the study of aging—was still very much in its infancy. Today, the BLSA is world-renowned, having generated thousands of scientific papers and made major contributions to our understanding of what it means to get older." (https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/labs/blsa/about/)
Additional Information
- Principal Investigator(s)
- Eleanor Simonsick, NIA Clinical Research Branch
- Seongjin Choi, NIA Clinical Research Branch
- Partner Organization Affiliation
- NIA Clinical Research Branch (Bethesda, MD)
- Partnered with MedRIC In
- 2018
Cohort Size
~2,800
Partner Data Categories
Disclaimer
These data categories provide a MedRIC overview of the data in BLSA's data documentation, not an exhaustive catalog. As such, the partner's dataset may contain additional information not presented in this list.
- Body Measurements, Weight
- Demographic and Familial Characteristics
- Cognitive Assessment, Frailty
- Psychosocial and Lifestyle Factors
- Wealth and Employment Histories
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