ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2016
Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort.
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- Environment- and epigenome-wide association study of obesity in 'Children of 1997' birth cohort.eLife · 2023Article
- Development and validation of the EHS-COPD model to predict sex-specific risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older Chinese adults: Hong Kong's Elderly Health Service Cohort.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Nation-Wide Routinely Collected Health Datasets in China: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2022Article
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- Air pollution associated respiratory mortality risk alleviated by residential greenness in the Chinese Elderly Health Service Cohort.Environmental research · 2020Article
- A comparison of health expectancies over 10 years: implications for elderly service needs in Hong Kong.International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Self-selection in a population-based cohort study: impact on health service use and survival for bowel and lung cancer assessed using data linkage.BMC medical research methodology · 2018Article
- A Dynamic Three-Dimensional Air Pollution Exposure Model for Hong Kong.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2018Article
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Abstract
The Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort in Hong Kong was set up to promote understanding of ageing in a global context, to exploit the role of Hong Kong as a sentinel for populations currently experiencing very rapid economic development, to provide a developed non-Western 'social laboratory' where empirically derived hypotheses can be tested and to leverage the different patterns of common chronic diseases between East and West to generate novel hypotheses about their determinants. The initial cohort enrolled from July 1998 to the end of December 2001 includes 66 820 people aged 65 years or older, forming about 9% of the population of this age. A comprehensive health assessment was made at enrollment and then repeated regularly on an ongoing basis. The health assessment included a comprehensive assessment of lifestyle, social circumstances, physical health and mental health, including an assessment of cognition and depressive symptoms. Health services use and deaths have been obtained by record linkage and confirmed, where necessary, by telephone interview. Currently, the data are not publicly available; we would welcome collaborations and research proposals.
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