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Abbreviations of CHANCES cohorts and consortia
| ALC |
The Ageing and Living Conditions Research Programme |
| ALC |
The Ageing and Living Conditions Research Programme |
| DD |
Dementia Disorders (DD) registry Umeå |
| EPIC |
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study |
| EPIC-ELDERLY |
A study on the elderly participants of EPIC |
| ESTHER |
Epidemiologische Studie zu Chancen der Verhütung, Früherkennung und optimierten Therapie chronischer Erkrankungen in der älteren Bevölkerung |
| HAPIEE |
Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe |
| MB |
Medical Biobank Umeå |
| MORGAM |
Multinational Monitoring of trends and determinants in Cadiovascular disease - Risk, Genetics, Archiving and Monograph |
| NHS |
Nurses’ Health study |
| NIH-AARP |
National Institute on Health - American Association of Retired Persons study |
| NSHDS |
Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study |
| RES |
Rotterdam Elderly Study |
| SENECA |
Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly: a Concerted Action |
| SHARE |
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe |
| Tromsø |
The Tromsø Study |
| UOR |
Umeå Osteoporosis Registry |
| VIP |
Västerbotten Intervention Programme |
| Zutphen |
The Zutphen Elderly Study |
Other abbreviations
| ADL |
Activities of daily living |
| CES-D |
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale |
| CIRS-G |
Cumulative Illness Rating Scale |
| CHANCES |
Consortium on Health and Ageing: Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States |
| CRP |
C-reactive protein |
| GDS |
Geriatric Depression Scale |
| GGT |
Gamma Glutamyl Transferasis |
| IADL |
Instrumental activities of daily living |
| QoL |
Quality of Life |
| SDS |
Self-rating Depression Scale |
| WP |
Workpackage |
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