6 Waves: 2005-2009
In Phase 2 all surviving participants completed an annual follow-up interview in the years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 after the initial in-home assessment.
USA: 4.923 individuals from 535 families
Denmark: 1.268 from 76 families
Quantitative: Surveys
Longitudinal
Physical ability tests, medical Assessments
Family; Health; Medication Inventory; Hospitalizations; Self-rated Health; Activities of Daily Living (ADL); Education; Occupation; Living Habits; Personality (NEO-FFI); Depression (CES-D); Psychological and physical Health; Health habits and sleep
Current status and progress review
Medicine
Prof. Kaare Christensen, MDSc
kchristensen@health.sdu.dk
https://www.sdu.dk/en/llfs
Sebastiani, P., Hadley, E.C., Province, M., Christensen, K., Rossi, W., Perls, T.T., & Ash, A.S. (2009). A family longevity selection score: ranking sibships by their longevity, size, and availability for study. Am Journal of Epidemiology, 170(12), 1555-1562. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwp309. Epub 2009 Nov 12. PMID: 19910380; PMCID: PMC2800272