| 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 still 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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