HAPPY: A Prospective Cohort Study of Aged People for Chronic Diseases
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study is a hospital-based, prospective cohort study to elucidate the predictive factors including muscle and fat mass for chronic diseases and mortality in elderly persons aged 60 years and older.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
This study is a hospital-based, prospective cohort study to elucidate the predictive factors among anthropometric and biochemical parameters and body composition information for chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis, fracture, and cognitive dysfunction, and mortality in elderly persons aged 60 years and older.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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HAPPY Cohort A elderly cohort for chronic diseases |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Alll cause mortality [9 years]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Cardiometabolic mortality [9 years]
- Incidence of major adverse cardiac event including nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, and unstable angina [9 years]
- Incidence of frailty defined by the Korean Fraility Index [9 years]
- Incidence of osteoporotic fracture [9 years]
- Incidence of cognitive dysfunction measured by minimental status examination [9 years]
- Development of sarcopenia defined by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) criteria [9 years]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Aged 60 years and older
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Capable of communication with the research team
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Provided written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
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Age < 60 years
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active malignancy
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uncompensated liver cirrhosis
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ESRD
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severe cognitive impairment which cannot communicate with the research term
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Seoul National University Bundang Hospital | Seongnam | Gyeonggi | Korea, Republic of | 463-707 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Soo Lim, MD, PhD, SNUBH
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- SNUBH-HAPPY Cohort