TY - JOUR
T1 - The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: design and cohort update 2025
AU - Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
AU - van Schoor, N.M.
AU - Qi, Yuwei
AU - Visser, Marjolein
AU - Swinkels, Joukje
AU - Broese Van Groenou, Marjolein
AU - Kok, Almar
AU - Holwerda, T.J.
AU - Pasman, H Roeline W
AU - Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D
AU - Remmelzwaal, S.
AU - van Ingen, Erik
AU - van Tilburg, Theo G.
AU - Van Haaster, Aimee-Claire
AU - van der Horst, Marleen
AU - Poppelaars, Jan
AU - Deeg, Dorly
AU - Huisman, Martijn
PY - 2025/6
Y1 - 2025/6
N2 - The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing prospective cohort study of older adults in the Netherlands, with data on multiple domains of functioning available over a period of more than 30 years of follow-up. The study started in 1992 with a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55–84 years. Over the years, three refresher cohorts (two cohorts aged 55–64 years in 2002 and in 2012, and one cohort aged 60–86 years in 2024) were added. The main aim of LASA was to describe determinants, trajectories and consequences of (changes in) physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. LASA has multiple strengths, including its multidisciplinary character, the very long period of follow-up, and the cohort-sequential design which enables the study of longitudinal changes as well as historical time trends in functioning. So far, findings based on data from LASA have been reported in more than 800 scientific publications (see www.lasa-vu.nl). In this article, we provide an update of the design and methods of LASA, including a description of several ancillary studies such as the Loneliness study and the COVID-19 study.
AB - The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing prospective cohort study of older adults in the Netherlands, with data on multiple domains of functioning available over a period of more than 30 years of follow-up. The study started in 1992 with a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55–84 years. Over the years, three refresher cohorts (two cohorts aged 55–64 years in 2002 and in 2012, and one cohort aged 60–86 years in 2024) were added. The main aim of LASA was to describe determinants, trajectories and consequences of (changes in) physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. LASA has multiple strengths, including its multidisciplinary character, the very long period of follow-up, and the cohort-sequential design which enables the study of longitudinal changes as well as historical time trends in functioning. So far, findings based on data from LASA have been reported in more than 800 scientific publications (see www.lasa-vu.nl). In this article, we provide an update of the design and methods of LASA, including a description of several ancillary studies such as the Loneliness study and the COVID-19 study.
U2 - 10.1007/s10654-025-01238-5
DO - 10.1007/s10654-025-01238-5
M3 - Article
SN - 0393-2990
VL - 40
SP - 705
EP - 720
JO - European Journal of Epidemiology
JF - European Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 6
ER -