1. Cohort profile: the Liyang cohort study on chronic diseases and risk factors monitoring in China (Liyang Study)
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Ying Wu, Wei Hu, Chaofu Ke, Na Sun, Liang Zhou, Yueping Shen, Yanan Qiao, Siyuan Liu, Lei Cao, Dingliu He, Shuting Xiong, Liuming Peng, Qiang Han, Jiadong Chu, Xuanli Chen, Tongxing Li, Zhaolong Feng, and Qida He
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Purpose The Liyang cohort study on chronic diseases and risk factors monitoring in China (Liyang Study) is a prospective population-based study which aims to investigate and identify the determinants of the most prevalent chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and to evaluate the impact of demographic characteristics, lifestyle, dietary habits, cognition, disability and NCDs on the health-related quality of life.Participants Between March 2019 and June 2020, 10 056 individuals aged ≥18 years were administered a baseline survey through a multistage cluster random sampling in Liyang City, southern Jiangsu Province, China.Findings to date The Liyang Study included detailed sociodemographic, anthropometric and health-related behaviour, common NCDs and blood sample information. Moreover, the study gathered a series of data on specific scales including the activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, abbreviated mental test, Food Frequency Questionnaire and EuroQol 5-Dimensions 5-Levels Scale. Of the 10 056 participants, 52.92% (n=5322) were female and 92.26% (n=9278) came from rural areas. The mean age was 49.9±16.2 years. Men were more likely to have a higher level of education, annual income and a paid job than women (p
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- 2022
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