Table 1.

Characteristics of Cohort studies Contributing to DYNOPTA

Study	Study Acronym	Location	wave	year	N	age
Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing Focus: Multidisciplinary, health ageing	ALSA	Adelaide	1	1992-93	2087	65-103
			2	1993-94	1779	65-104
			3	1994-95	1679	66-105
			4	1995-96	1504	68-106
			5	1998	1171	70-100
			6	2000-01	791	72-101
Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health Focus: Women’s health	ALSWH-mid cohort	National	1	1996	12716	45-51
			2	1998	12338	47-53
			3	2001	11200	50-56
			4	2004	10903	53-59
Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health Focus: Women’s health	ALSWH-old cohort	National	1	1996	12432	68-76
			2	1999	10434	71-79
			3	2002	8646	74-82
			4	2005	7158	77-85
Australian Diabetes and Obesity Survey Focus: diabetes, obesity	AusDiab	National	1	1999-00	7296	45-95
			2	2004-05	4380	49-93
Blue Mountains Eye Study Focus: vision and hearing	BMES	Blue Mountains, NSW	1	1992-93	3654	45-97
			2	1997-99	2334	54-98
			3	2002-04	1952	60-97
Canberra Longitudinal Study Focus: dementia, depression	CLS	Canberra, ACT and Queanbeyan, NSW	1	1990-91	1043	70-100
			2	1994-95	652	74-102
			3	1998	382	78-101
			4	2002	214	82-102
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia Focus: economics, productivity	HILDA	National	1	2001	6164	45-90
			2	2002	5454	45-90
			3	2003	5089	46-90
			4	2004	4769	47-90
			5	2005	4658	48-90
			6	2006
Melbourne Longitudinal Study Healthy Ageing Focus: healthy ageing, mobility	MELSHA	Melbourne	1	1994	1000	66-94
			3	1996	796	68-98
			5	1998	649	70-98
			7	2000	522	72-100
			9	2002	394	74-102
Personality and Total Health through life Focus: mental health, cognition	PATH	Canberra/Queanbeyan	1	2001-02	2550	60-66
			2	2005-06	2222	64-70
Sydney Older Person’s study Focus: neurodegeneration	SOPS	Sydney	1	1991-93	647	75-99
			2	1994-96	462	78-100
			3	1996-97	379	78-99
			4	1997-98	308	80-101