Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium
University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)


Variable Response
Full Name Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium
CRS Continents(s) Australia
CRS ID 999
Acronym COSMIC
Low-Middle Income Country No
Data Available Through DPAU No
Follow-Up Data Available Yes
CRS Overview
No. of Subjects at Baseline 150000
Institution University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Department Name Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)
City Sydney
Country Australia
Study/Database Website https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/consortia/cosmic
Principal Investigator (PI) Professor Perminder Sachdev
PI email p.sachdev@unsw.edu.au
Key Study References Sachdev PS, Lipnicki DM, Kochan NA, Crawford JD, Rockwood K, Xiao S, Li J, Li X, Brayne C, Matthews FE, Stephan BC, Lipton RB, Katz MJ, Ritchie K, Carrire I, Ancelin ML, Seshadri S, Au R, Beiser AS, Lam LC, Wong CH, Fung AW, Kim KW, Han JW, Kim TH, Petersen RC, Roberts RO, Mielke MM, Ganguli M, Dodge HH, Hughes T, Anstey KJ, Cherbuin N, Butterworth P, Ng TP, Gao Q, Reppermund S, Brodaty H, Meguro K, Schupf N, Manly J, Stern Y, Lobo A, Lopez-Anton R, Santabrbara J; COSMIC. COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): an international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups. BMC Neurol. 2013 Nov 6;13:165. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-165. PMID: 24195705; PMCID: PMC3827845.
Population Based Study? Yes
Family Based Study? No
Clinical Based Sample? No
Were participants included prior to development of dementia (may refer to controls only)? Yes
Were participants included prior to development of MCI (may refer to controls only)? Yes
How is data collected? Mixed
Who carries out data collection? Mixed
Does this take place in participants' homes or at a central location? Mixed
Do participants take part individually or are families/partners involved? Mixed
Dementia cases ascertained as part of study Yes
Diagnosis based on review of existing clinical data Yes
Were diagnosis/primary outcomes made blind to exposure variables? Not Applicable
How many times followed up? 0
Sample Size at Follow-Up 0
Study start date 1900
Study end date 0
Study Timeline Mixed
Is data collection sill ongoing? Yes
Is study still recruiting? Yes
Inclusion criteria Mixed
Exclusion criteria Mixed
Minimum Age 0
Sex Included in Study Male and Female
Are there likely to be updates or revisions to the data after its release? Yes
Notes COSMIC brought together many cohort studies of ageing from multiple countries across 6 continents. Contact with the study coordinator is required for COSMIC projects.
Publications
Documents
Data Availability Data not available on DPAU
Data Access Process Direct application to CRS
Data Distribution Rule Not distributed via DPAU

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