Northern Ireland Cohort for Longitudanal Study of Ageing

NICOLA
Northern Ireland Cohort for Longitudanal Study of Ageing

https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/NICOLA/
[email protected]
ESRC (wave 1) , Atlantic Philanthropies (wave 2)
ESRC (wave 1) , Atlantic Philanthropies (wave 2)

Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing

United Kingdom

Secondary samples: DNA

No

Anthropometric and physical: Weight
Height
Waist & Hip circumference
(used to calculate BMI and WHR)
Blood pressure (clinic measured)
Heart rate
Spirometry
Step test
Timed up and go
Visual Acuity & Contrast sensitivity (Matrix Perimetry)
Lens Photography (Pentacam HR)
Multi-modal retinal imaging (Optical Coherence tomography (OCT),Colour, multi-spectral, infra-red, fundus auto fluorescence (FAF))

Ultra wide field retinal imaging (Colour and auto fluorescence
Intra-ocular pressure
Auto-refraction
Grip strength (dynamometry)

No

Age

Yes – funding applied for/funding awarded

Neurodegenerative disease in general

TBC

TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
Yes
Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource
Data made publicly available after a specified time point
Yes

No
The study will look at health, lifestyles and financial situations of 8,500 people as they grow older monitoring how their circumstances change over a 10 year period.
Focused on ageing and camparable with other aging studies in UK and Ireland
0

5,001-10,000 participants
No
Longitudinal

No

01/10/2013

Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing
Only through the study

Data summarised in database

No
TBC
TBC
Northern Ireland Cohort for Longitudanal Study of Ageing
2016-2020

Population Cohorts
United Kingdom
Neurodegenerative disease in general
2016