Sample details

The Milan Geriatrics 75+ Cohort Study is a prospective, hospital-based cohort study involving over 1,500 Geriatric Unit outpatients of the IRCCS Ca’ Granda hospital in Milan, Italy. Participants were enrolled after their first comprehensive assessment visit at the hospital between January 2000 and March 2004, and subsequently followed-up for 10 years. At baseline, around 70% of the cohort were female and the average age was 82 years.

Study design

Cohort

Number of participants at first data collection

1587

Age at first data collection

75 - 101 years

Participant year of birth

Varied

Participant sex

MF

Representative sample

No

Sample features

Older and elderly people

Dataset details

Country

Italy

Year of first data collection

2024-11-28T14:34:09.352000+00:00

Primary institutions

University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano)

Profile on aggregate site

Aggregate profile URL

Profile paper DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv141

Funders

University of Milan

Ongoing?

No

Data types collected

Standard measuresNon-standard measures