HLTH ABC/Road to Success: Coord. Unit Contracts (Follow-up) - University of Calif

临床方案包括身体成分、力量和功能的核心评估(使用双能X射线吸收测量仪和计算机断层扫描(后者部分得到国家糖尿病和消化及肾脏疾病研究所的基线支持)，目标是更高水平的功能)。根据目前死亡率和诊所就诊率的统计数据，我们预计大约一半的队列将参加第10年的考试。这些参与者的平均年龄将接近80岁，其中约34%将是非裔美国人。

The clinic protocol incorporated core assessments of body composition (measured with both dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and with computerized tomography (the latter partly supported by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at baseline), strength, and function, targeting higher level functioning. Based on current statistics for death rates and clinic attendance, we expect that about half the cohort will participate in the Year 10 examination. The mean age of those participants will be close to 80 and about 34 percent of those participants will be African American.