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. 2020 Jun 5;3:84. doi: 10.1038/s41746-020-0290-y

Table 2.

Study data types.

Study start visit Quarterly follow-upsa Annual visit Quarterly follow-upsa Annual visit Quarterly follow-upsa Annual visit Quarterly follow-upsa Annual visit
Onsite consent X
Pregnancy test X X X X X X X X X
Medical history X X X X X X X X X
Clinical assessments
 Ankle-brachial index X X X X X
 Audiometry X X X X X
 Cognition X X X X X
 Neuropsychiatric X X X X X
 Physical examination X X X X X
 Physical performance X X X X X
 Pulmonary function testing X X X X X
 Visual performance testing X X X X X
 Vitals X X X X X X X X X
Biospecimen collection
 Blood X X X X X X X X X
 Saliva X X X X X X X X X
 Stool X X X X X X X X X
 Swabs (buccal, retroauricular, nares and oral microbiome) X X X X X X X X X
 Tears X X X X X X X X X
 Tissue Throughout
 Urine X X X X X X X X X
Imaging
 Coronary calcium scan X
 Echocardiogram X X
 Stress echocardiogram X X
 Electrocardiogram X X
 Keratometry/corneal topography X X X
 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) X X X
 Posterioranterior (PA) and lateral chest X-ray X
 Retinal photography X X X
Sensors
 Study watch Throughout
 Study hub Throughout
 Sleep sensor Throughout
 Mobile sensors Throughout
Self-reported data
 Self-reported data Throughout
Other
 Health records Throughout
 Claims data Throughout

A broad range of health assessments are conducted in the deeply phenotyped cohort to capture potentially important markers of health and disease.

aFor participants at elevated risk only. Assessments and biospecimen collection may be reduced over time depending on participant availability and compliance.