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The Danish 1905 cohort — a genetic-epidemiological nationwide survey
Author(s)	Hanne Nybo, David Gaist, Bernard Jeune
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 13, no 1, February 2001
Pages	pp 32-46
Keywords	Nonagenarians ; Health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Cross sectional surveys ; Denmark.
Annotation	All Danes born in 1905 were invited to participate in a home-based 2-hour multi-dimensional interview, including cognitive and physical performance tests and collection of DNA, carried out by lay interviewers. Population-based registers were used to evaluate representativeness. Of 2,262 participants, 1,632 (72%) gave a DNA sample. Participants and non-participants were highly comparable with regard to marital status, institutionalisation, and hospitalisation patterns, but men and rural area residents were more likely to participate. Six months after the survey began, 7.2% of the participants and 11.8% of non-participants had died. Despite the known difficulties of conducting surveys among the very old, it was possible to conduct a nationwide survey, including collection of DNA samples. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010731202 A
Classmark	BBR: CC: F: 3KB: 76K
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