Cohort profile: the Baependi Heart Study-a family-based, highly admixed cohort study in a rural Brazilian town.
Kieren J EganMalcolm von SchantzAndré B NegrãoHadassa C SantosAndréa R V R HorimotoNubia E DuarteGuilherme C GonçalvesJúlia M P SolerMariza de AndradeGeraldo Lorenzi-FilhoHomero ValladaTâmara P TaporoskiMario PedrazzoliAna Paula de AzambujaCamila M de OliveiraRafael O AlvimJose Eduardo KriegerAlexandre C PereiraPublished in: BMJ open (2016)
A new follow-up, marking 10 years of the study, is ongoing in 2016, in which data are collected as in 2010 (with the exception of the neuropsychiatric protocol). In addition to this, a novel questionnaire package collecting information about intelligence, personality and spirituality is being planned. The data set on circadian rhythms and sleep will be amended through additional questionnaires, actimetry, home sleep EEG recording and dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) analysis. Finally, the anthropometric measures will be expanded by adding three-dimensional facial photography, voice recording and anatomical brain MRI.