NSS: Prognosis in the Elderly Chinese: the Northern Shanghai Study

Sponsor

Shanghai 10th People's Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT02368938

Collaborator

(none)

5,000

Enrollment

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The Northern Shanghai Study is a prospective community-based study, which is aimed to investigate the prognostic factors, including conventional cardiovascular risk factors and asymptomatic target organ damage, for mortality and cardiovascular diseases, in 5,000 elderly Chinese.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

5000 participants

Observational Model:

Ecologic or Community

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Prognosis Factors of Mortality and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly Chinese: the Northern Shanghai Study

Study Start Date :

Aug 1, 2014

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Sep 1, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Several communities in the north of Shanghai

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular events [one year]
Cardiovascular diseases [one year]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

65 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

age≥65 years old(depending on identity card);
informed consent should be signed voluntarily;
the individuals are long-term residents in northern Shanghai.

Exclusion Criteria:

is diagnosed serious heart disease (NYHA>IV) or end stage renal disease (CKD > 4);
suffered with cancer and life expectancy was less than 5 years;
has stroke within 3 months;
is not willing to participate in the clinical study;
suffered with other disease to quite the trial;
violated the protocol;
lost contact with laboratory staff.