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The Shanghai Changfeng Study: a community-based prospective cohort study of chronic diseases among middle-aged and elderly: objectives and design

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The Shanghai Changfeng Study is a community-based prospective cohort study of chronic diseases ongoing since February 2009 in Shanghai, China. The study focuses on multiple chronic diseases, including obesity and metabolic syndrome, diabetes, osteoporosis, liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases and neurologic diseases. 15,000 subjects of 40 years or over are planned to be recruited. The rationale, objectives and design of this study are described in this paper.

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The Shanghai Changfeng Study has received the funding from: (1) Asia Facility for China (Grant No. AF 06/CH/22); (2) National Key Technologies R&D Program (Grant No. 2008 BAI52B03); and (3) Major Project of Subject Construction of Shanghai Bureau of Health (Grant No.08GWZX0203). The Shanghai Changfeng Study has also received great support from Changfeng Health Center, the Health Bureau of Putuo District, and the committees of all the sub-communities of Changfeng. The contributions of all the working staffs and inhabitants are greatly acknowledged.

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Gao, X., Hofman, A., Hu, Y. et al. The Shanghai Changfeng Study: a community-based prospective cohort study of chronic diseases among middle-aged and elderly: objectives and design. Eur J Epidemiol 25, 885–893 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-010-9525-6

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