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. 2020 Jul 5;30(7):281–287. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20190036

Table 1. Summary of baseline survey items in the 2017 NEIGE study.

Items Description
Demographics Age, sex, family members, marital status,
equivalized income, educational attainment,
employment status
Lifestyle Agricultural work, smoking, alcohol
consumption, sleep duration, physical
activity measured by accelerometer,
geographical range of daily activity
measured by GPS
Nutritional function Frequency of meat/fish consumption,
frequency of vegetable/fruit consumption,
food intake variety, biomarkers of nutrition,
urinary sodium chloride
Medical characteristics History of physician-diagnosed diseases
(past or/and current), number of prescribed
medications
Body composition Body mass index, abdominal circumference,
body composition, fat mass, muscle mass
Cardiovascular function Blood pressure, heart rate
Physical function Grip strength
Gait speed
Balance
Psychological function Geriatric depression scale
Cognitive function MMSE-J, analysis of para-hippocampal
atrophy using MRI
Activities of daily living Basic activities of daily living
Higher-order competence of independence
(TMIG-IC)
Neighborhood environment Physical environment, social capital