DG: SANCO

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EPIC-Elderly Network on Ageing and Health
Date of initiation May 1st 2005 Date of
termination April 30th 2008

• DG SANCO
• Directorate C Public Health and Risk Assessment
• Grant Agreement no 2004126

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Partners
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EPIC-Elderly NAH project

• Overall aim
• To assess healthy ageing of elderly Europeans
  and identify associated environmental predictors
  by using baseline and follow-up data on
  environmental parameters, self-reported morbidity
  and cause specific mortality
• Specific objectives
• To expand the existing databank on European
  elders (EPIC-Elderly) with standardised follow up
  data on environmental parameters, morbidity and
  cause-specific mortality
• To create an information database on potential
  predictors of healthy ageing (an expert panel
  will deliver systematic reviews of the relevant
  literature)

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EPIC-Elderly NAH project

• Specific objectives (cont.)
• To investigate the associations of available
  environmental data, including potential
  interactions, with morbidity and mortality in
  different age groups of elderly, as well as, with
  changes in morbidity.
• To prepare public health reports focussing on the
  determinants of healthy ageing for European
  elders
• To disseminate the results of the study to
  interested bodies.

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List of age-related medical conditions
(inverse indicators of healthy ageing)

• Myocardial infarction
• Stroke
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Weight
• Depression
• Neurological diseases
• Osteoporosis
• Fractures
• Technical Annex and Decisions from the Plenary
  Meetings

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Tasks completed

• Recording of instruments (and methods) used to
  collect and ascertain (where relevant) the data
  within the participating countries
• Coordination of data transfer from the
  participating countries to the coordinating
  centre (Athens)
• Expansion of the EPIC-Elderly databank into the
  EPIC-Elderly NAH databank with information on
  baseline and follow-up data on Myocardial
  infarction, Stroke, Hypertension, Diabetes,
  Weight, Depression, Neurological diseases,
  Osteoporosis and Fractures
• Documentation of the experience gained in order
  to create the EPIC-Elderly databank
• Creation of an information database containing
  results from literature reviews about healthy
  aging (http//www.nut.uoa.gr/english/)
• Statistical analysis with respect to weight
  changes during follow-up and determinants of
  fracture prevalence and incidence

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Current Data File Status by participating
centre/country and date when data transfer was
completed. The EPIC-Elderly NAH DATABANK
OK refers to the data
available in the country level
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Current Data File Status by participating
centre/country and CONDITION
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Actions undertaken

• 5 plenary meeting have been realized
• A scientific paper containing the results of the
  literature reviews has been submitted to European
  Journal of Epidemiology
• Analysis of weight changes in relation to
  mortality has been undertaken results will be
  included in a scientific paper to be submitted
  until the end of the project
• Analysis of determinants of fracture prevalence
  and incidence has been initiated and will be
  included in a scientific paper to be submitted
  until the end of the project
• Relevant public health reports are in preparation
  to be sent to the EC