Jiwon Baek, Ekaterina Baldina, Kiho Sung, Sung-Ha Lee, Nicholas A Christakis, Peter Bearman, Hyeon Chang Kim, Sang Hui Chu, Eun Lee, Yeong-Ran Park, Jeanyung Chey, Youn-Hee Choi, Dohoon Lee, Yoosik Youm
The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP) was a multidisciplinary prospective study conducted in South Korea that measured various health biomarkers from blood, hair, and brain MRIs, and examined their associations with sociocentric (global) social network data of older adults in two entire villages (or Cohorts). Cohort K included participants aged 60 or older, and Cohort L included participants aged 65 or older. We performed a baseline survey involving 814 of the 860 individuals (94.7% response rate) in Cohort K in 2012 and 947 of the 1,043 individuals (90...
September 28, 2023: American Journal of Epidemiology