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ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2026

Multi-city Elderly Health Examination Cohort Study (MEHECS) in China.

Lin Yang, Zifang Zhou, Lin Lin, Fanshu Yan, Lingling Yu, Xuehua Hu, Jian Xu, Wenqing Ni, Tianyong Wu, Zhi Lei and 9 more

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Article in European journal of epidemiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Lin YangNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Zifang ZhouNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Lin LinNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Fanshu YanNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Lingling YuNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Xuehua HuNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Jian XuShenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Wenqing NiShenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Tianyong WuLuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Zhi LeiLuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Jiayan CaoZunyi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Tao LongZunyi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Yicheng ZhangZaoZhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
Jing WuZaoZhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
Yaqiong YanWuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Juan DaiWuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Lijun WangNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Maigeng ZhouNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Peng YinNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 27 Nanwei Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China. yinpeng@ncncd.chinacdc.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5515-2824

Funding

Elderly and Major NCD Research Program of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association JKCLPJ202501003National Key Research and Development Program 2022YFC2504606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multi-city Elderly Health Examination Cohort Study (MEHECS) is an ongoing multicenter multistage prospective cohort study in China with yearly data available between 2012 and 2023, aiming to provide a reliable source of Chinese elderly health data and detailed multidimensional information. This study correlated elderly health management data from the Basic Public Health Services Project in China with mortality registration data from the China Population Death Information Registration System. Participants were entitled to an annual free health examination which was structured into three components: a face-to-face questionnaire interview, a medical examination, and health assessment summary. The standardized questionnaire was used to obtain information on the elderly's personal information, lifestyles, current health problems, physical symptoms, healthcare utilization, current medications, and history of non-programmatic immunization. The medical examination covered general conditions, anthropometric measurements, physical examination, functional capacities, and auxiliary examinations. Since 2012, baseline data have been collected in 3,716,364 participants with a mean age of 70.9 years. The proportion of participants over 80 years old was 10.0%, and the proportion of men was 46.8%. By the end of 2023, a total of 412,869 death cases were identified during a median follow-up of 4.44 years. Baseline data collection and follow-up are ongoing. Research results are continuously produced, which can provide evidence to help policy-makers develop better policies to promote healthy aging in China.

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Geriatric AssessmentHealth StatusAgedAged, 80 and overChinaFemaleHumansMalePhysical ExaminationProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesUrban PopulationCohort studyHealth examinationMulti-cityThe elderly

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PMID42207416

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