title: The Treviso Longeva (Trelong) study: a biomedical, demographic, economic and social investigation on people 70 years and over in a typical town of North-East of Italy.
abstract: Longevity is a complex process resulting from genetic and environmental factors, as well as their interaction. These factors are poorly understood, and the comparison among health status, socio-economics, demographic and other characteristics of the elderly people can help in understanding these complex interactions. Such an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to allow an appropriate evaluation of longevity. Here we report the methodology and the first results of a representative study performed in 2003-2004 on people of 70 years and over, living in a typical town of North-East of Italy. In the research we collected biomedical, demographic, socio-economic and quality of life (QoL) data.
authors.affiliation: ARGel, Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research Association, Treviso, Italy. m_gallucci@tin.it <m_gallucci@tin.it>
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ongaro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bresolin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salvato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minello
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Amici
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barasciutti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzuco
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Gajo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Angeli
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Forloni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanardo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Regini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003710:Demography; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D007558:Italy; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D017931:DNA Primers; D015850:Interleukin-6