The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings

The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing longitudinal study of older adults in the Netherlands, which started in 1992. LASA is focused on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. The study is based on a nationally re...

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Main Authors:	Hoogendijk, Emiel O., Deeg, Dorly J. H., Poppelaars, Jan, van der Horst, Marleen, Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I., Comijs, Hannie C., Pasman, H. Roeline W., van Schoor, Natasja M., Suanet, Bianca, Thomése, Fleur, van Tilburg, Theo G., Visser, Marjolein, Huisman, Martijn
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Netherlands 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010587/

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spelling	pubmed-50105872016-09-16 The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings Hoogendijk, Emiel O. Deeg, Dorly J. H. Poppelaars, Jan van der Horst, Marleen Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I. Comijs, Hannie C. Pasman, H. Roeline W. van Schoor, Natasja M. Suanet, Bianca Thomése, Fleur van Tilburg, Theo G. Visser, Marjolein Huisman, Martijn Study Update The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing longitudinal study of older adults in the Netherlands, which started in 1992. LASA is focused on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. The study is based on a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55 years and over. The findings of the LASA study have been reported in over 450 publications so far (see www.lasa-vu.nl). In this article we describe the background and the design of the LASA study, and provide an update of the methods. In addition, we provide a summary of the major findings from the period 2011–2015. Springer Netherlands 2016-08-20 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5010587/ /pubmed/27544533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0192-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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author	Hoogendijk, Emiel O. Deeg, Dorly J. H. Poppelaars, Jan van der Horst, Marleen Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I. Comijs, Hannie C. Pasman, H. Roeline W. van Schoor, Natasja M. Suanet, Bianca Thomése, Fleur van Tilburg, Theo G. Visser, Marjolein Huisman, Martijn
spellingShingle	Hoogendijk, Emiel O. Deeg, Dorly J. H. Poppelaars, Jan van der Horst, Marleen Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I. Comijs, Hannie C. Pasman, H. Roeline W. van Schoor, Natasja M. Suanet, Bianca Thomése, Fleur van Tilburg, Theo G. Visser, Marjolein Huisman, Martijn The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
author_facet	Hoogendijk, Emiel O. Deeg, Dorly J. H. Poppelaars, Jan van der Horst, Marleen Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I. Comijs, Hannie C. Pasman, H. Roeline W. van Schoor, Natasja M. Suanet, Bianca Thomése, Fleur van Tilburg, Theo G. Visser, Marjolein Huisman, Martijn
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title	The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
title_short	The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
title_full	The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
title_fullStr	The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
title_full_unstemmed	The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
title_sort	longitudinal aging study amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings
description	The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing longitudinal study of older adults in the Netherlands, which started in 1992. LASA is focused on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. The study is based on a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55 years and over. The findings of the LASA study have been reported in over 450 publications so far (see www.lasa-vu.nl). In this article we describe the background and the design of the LASA study, and provide an update of the methods. In addition, we provide a summary of the major findings from the period 2011–2015.
publisher	Springer Netherlands
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url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010587/
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The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: cohort update 2016 and major findings

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