English Longitudinal Studies of Ageing

ELSA
English Longitudinal Studies of Ageing

http://www.elsa-project.ac.uk/
[email protected]
Department of Health, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Transport and National Institute on Aging
Department of Health, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Transport and National Institute on Aging

Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing

English

United Kingdom

Secondary samples: DNA

No

http://www.elsa-project.ac.uk/publications

Antrhopometric and physical: Blood pressure, grip strength, drug coding, waist and weight measures
Balance tests, lung function and height will be dropped from wave 8.
Biological: Blood samples
Hair and saliva samples dropped in wave 8
Household income
Physical health measures
Cognitive function measures
Psychsocial measures

Age

Neurodegenerative disease in general

2500

Data is held as individual records
Data is web-based

Yes
Local/regional access| National access
Data made publicly available after a specified time point

Longitudinal multidisciplinary data from a representative sample of the English population aged 50 and older
Focus on ageing

Martin Orrell, University College London, Promoting Independence in Dementia| Christina Victor, Brunel University, Loneliness in Later Life| Michelle Miller, University of Warwick, Sleep Disturbances and Mild Cognitive Impairment in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Longitudinal

No

01/03/2002

Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing

Data summarised in database

Database is web-based
Database on a spreadhseet

English Longitudinal Studies of Ageing
Already possible

Population Cohorts
United Kingdom
Neurodegenerative disease in general
2016