Cohort Profile: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Parminder Raina^{1

2

3}, Christina Wolfson^{4

5

6}, Susan Kirkland⁷, Lauren E Griffith^{1

2

3}, Cynthia Balion⁸, Benoȋt Cossette⁹, Isabelle Dionne¹⁰, Scott Hofer¹¹, David Hogan^{12

13

14

15}, E R van den Heuvel¹⁶, Teresa Liu-Ambrose¹⁷, Verena Menec¹⁸, Gerald Mugford¹⁹, Christopher Patterson²⁰, Hélène Payette²¹, Brent Richards²², Harry Shannon¹, Debra Sheets²³, Vanessa Taler²⁴, Mary Thompson²⁵, Holly Tuokko²⁶, Andrew Wister²⁷, Changbao Wu²⁵, Lynne Young²⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁶ Neuroepidemiology Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁷ Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
⁸ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁹ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences, Department of Kinanthropology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹³ Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁵ Alberta Seniors Health, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
¹⁷ Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁸ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹⁹ Faculty of Medicine (Medicine and Psychiatry), The Health Sciences Centre, St John's, NL, Canada.
²⁰ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
²¹ Research Center on Aging, CIUSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
²² Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Medicine (Endocrinology), Human Genetics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
²³ School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
²⁴ School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, BC, Canada; School of Psychology, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
²⁵ Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
²⁶ Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
²⁸ School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

PMID: 31633757
PMCID: PMC6929533
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz173

Cohort Profile: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Parminder Raina et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;48(6):1752-1753j.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz173.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁶ Neuroepidemiology Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁷ Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
⁸ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁹ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences, Department of Kinanthropology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹³ Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁵ Alberta Seniors Health, Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
¹⁷ Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁸ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹⁹ Faculty of Medicine (Medicine and Psychiatry), The Health Sciences Centre, St John's, NL, Canada.
²⁰ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
²¹ Research Center on Aging, CIUSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
²² Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Medicine (Endocrinology), Human Genetics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
²³ School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
²⁴ School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, BC, Canada; School of Psychology, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
²⁵ Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
²⁶ Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
²⁸ School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

PMID: 31633757
PMCID: PMC6929533
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz173

Erratum in

Corrigendum to: Cohort Profile: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
Raina P, Wolfson C, Kirkland S, Griffith LE, Balion C, Cossette B, Dionne I, Hofer S, Hogan D, van den Heuvel ER, Liu-Ambrose T, Menec V, Mugford G, Patterson C, Payette H, Richards B, Shannon H, Sheets D, Taler V, Thompson M, Tuokko H, Wister A, Wu C, Young L. Raina P, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 1;48(6):2066. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz221. Int J Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 31605135 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Corrigendum: Leisure sedentary time is associated with self-reported falls in middle-aged and older females and males: an analysis of the CLSA.
Lustosa LG, Rudoler D, Theou O, Dogra S. Lustosa LG, et al. Can Geriatr J. 2023 Sep 1;26(3):443. doi: 10.5770/cgj.26.701. eCollection 2023 Sep. Can Geriatr J. 2023. PMID: 37662057 Free PMC article.

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Figures

**Figure 1.**
CLSA data collection timeline.

**Figure 2.**
CLSA data access timeline.

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References

1. Statistics Canada. An Aging Population Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2010.
1. Cheal D. Aging and demographic change. Can Public Policy 2000;26:S109–122.
1. Raina PS, Wolfson C, Kirkland SA. et al. The Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA). Can J Aging 2009;28:221–29. - PubMed
1. Raina P, Wolfson C, Kirkland S, Griffith L. The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Report on Health and Aging in Canada: Findings from Baseline Data Collection 2010–2015. Available from: https://www.CLSA-ELCV.ca (1 August 2018, date last accessed).
1. Kirkland SA, Griffith LE, Menec V. et al. Mining a unique canadian resource: the canadian longitudinal study on aging. Can J Aging 2015;34:366–77. - PubMed

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