Tag: ageing

TwinsUK follows the lives of adult twins to understand how genetic variation relates to health and ageing. Over 30 years, collected data comprises self-reported, physical and cognitive measures, biochemical measures, 'omics and a wealth of biosamples ...

Ageing factors, phenotypes and lifespan data

The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) is a nationally representative multi-purpose survey of individuals aged 50 and over.

The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936) study is a longitudinal study of cognitive, brain and general ageing. It aims to understand how our brain and thinking skills change throughout life, and why some brains age better than others.

The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 (LBC1921) study is a longitudinal study of cognitive, brain and general ageing. It aims to understand how our brain and thinking skills change throughout life, and why some brains age better than others.

HEAF is a prospective cohort study of adults in England aged 50 and over that aims to examine the relationship between extended working life and health, and shed light on how to best to support the well-being of older workers.

The Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) are population based studies of individuals aged 65 years and over living in the community, including institutions, which is the only large multi-centred population-based study in the UK that has reach ...

GAZEL is an open epidemiologic laboratory. Like major scientific instruments (telescopes or particle accelerators, for example, or genotyping laboratories equipped with sequencers), GAZEL was not constructed to answer a specific question. Instead it ...