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To establish baseline sociodemographic, medical, and physiological characteristics in older adults to identify future predictors of cardiovascular disease, hospital admission, long-term care entry, and mortality.

October 1, 1991Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Dubbo study of the elderly: sociological and cardiovascular risk factors at entry

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LSLeon A. SimonsGeneral / Preventive / Lipids JSJ. SimonsUniversitätsklinikum Aachen JMJohn C. McCallumNorthwestern University

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Prospective cohort study observes broad cardiovascular and sociological risk profiles in elderly community residents, highlighting foundational baselines for future health outcomes.

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To establish baseline sociodemographic, medical, and physiological characteristics in older adults to identify future predictors of cardiovascular disease, hospital admission, long-term care entry, and mortality.
Initiated a prospective cohort study in 1988 in Dubbo, NSW, Australia.
Recruited N=2,805 non-institutionalized community residents aged 60 years and older (1,237 males and 1,568 females).
Assessed demographic, economic, and psychosocial parameters, medication and substance use, blood lipids, blood pressure, spirometry, and glucose levels.
Successfully documented extensive baseline cardiovascular and sociological risk profiles across the cohort.
Demonstrated that the cohort's baseline health and sociodemographic characteristics closely mirror national figures across Australia, establishing a representative cohort for subsequent longitudinal investigations.

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Simons et al. (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a19232f990f10e0212652db https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb01373.x

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Prospective cohort study observes broad cardiovascular and sociological risk profiles in elderly community residents, highlighting foundational baselines for future health outcomes.

Dubbo study of the elderly: sociological and cardiovascular risk factors at entry

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Dubbo study of the elderly: sociological and cardiovascular risk factors at entry

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