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The Rotterdam Study: 2018 update on objectives, design and main results.

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The rationale of the study and its design is given, a summary of the major findings and an update of the objectives and methods are presented and the cohort is being expanded by persons aged 40 years and over.
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The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, otolaryngological, locomotor, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. Since 2016, the cohort is being expanded by persons aged 40 years and over. The findings of the Rotterdam Study have been presented in over 1500 research articles and reports (see www.erasmus-epidemiology.nl/rotterdamstudy ). This article gives the rationale of the study and its design. It also presents a summary of the major findings and an update of the objectives and methods.

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Transient elastography: a new noninvasive method for assessment of hepatic fibrosis

TL;DR: Liver elasticity measurements were reproducible, operator-independent and well correlated and the intra- and interoperator reproducibility of the technique, as well as its ability to quantify liver fibrosis, were evaluated in 106 patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Broken Limits to Life Expectancy

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Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction The Rotterdam Study

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A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

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