Bruneck Project of Health in the Elderly

Lifestyle factors; nutrition, quality of life, diseases of older age with special focus on aging of the vascular system

Determining determinants of vascular health and longevity in a prospective study design;
Establishment and validation of new risk scores for cardiovascular diseases in the elderly population (“Bruneck Risk Score”);
Establishment of biomarkers in the diagnosis and prediction of age-related diseases;
Investigation of platelet function and its contribution to vascular integrity;
Survey of dietary and nutritional habits, physical activity and lifestyle, and age- and gender-specific health problems in seniors and their influence on disability, depression and quality of life in the elderly population.

Medicine