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Cohort Acronym
MAAS

Cohort type
General population-based cohort

Disease
Alzheimer's disease, Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Subjective memory complaints (SMC) or subjective cognitive decline (SCD), Vascular dementia

Participant type
No diagnosis

Profile
Recruitment Period 1991 
Sample size at start or planned sample size if still recruiting 1,900  
Estimated Current Sample Size 0 to 4,999 
Age at Recruitment 24-81   
Gender Male and Female 
Abstract

The Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS) was designed to specify the usual and pathological aging of cognitive function. MAAS is devoted to the age-related decline of memory and other cognitive functions in normal people and the factors that may be involved in this process. What determines a decline in memory function? Why do some individuals show a greater decline than others? Over the past years, a host of factors, including biological, medical, psychological and social variables, have been proposed to have an impact on adult cognitive development. MAAS tries to study these factors in an integrative way. This can be achieved only by studying large numbers of normal healthy adults of all ages and by monitoring them for several years.

 
Country Netherlands 
Contact details
Institution name Maastricht University 
Website http://maastrichtagingstudy.nl 
Principal Investiator (PI) Martin van Boxtel and Sebastian Köhler 
Contact phone number Tel: 043 - 387 66 00 
Address Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology
Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences
Maastricht University [DRT10]
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands 
Funders (Core support) Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Programme for Research on Aging (NESTOR) 

Variables Collected

Brain related measures: N/A
Funtional rating: Individual psychological
Anthropometric: Blood pressure, Height, Hip circumference, Waist circumference, Weight
Physical: Cardiovascular, Hearing and Vision, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory
Biological samples: Blood
Genotyping: N/A
Brain imaging: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Brain banking: N/A
Lifestyle: Alcohol, Dietary habits, Physical activity, Smoking
Socio-economic: Education, Income and employment, Marital status, Occupation and employment
Health service utilisation: Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
 
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