Table 1.
Overview of examinations in the four age cohorts.
| Children (3–5 years) | Young adults (18–25 years) |
Middle agers (40–65 years) |
Older adults (75–85 years) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHROPOMETRY AND BODY COMPOSITION | ||||
| Body height | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Body weight | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waist circumference | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hip circumference | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skin fold thickness | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Head circumference | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Upper arm circumference | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Calf circumference | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Bioelectrical impedance analysis | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Air Displacement Plethysmography | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a |
| ENERGY METABOLISM | ||||
| Indirect calorimetry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accelerometer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HEALTH AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS | ||||
| Blood pressure, pulse rate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pulse wave velocity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a |
| Spiroergometry | – | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Physical function | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Handgrip strength | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MULTISENSORY TESTING | ||||
| Visual function | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hearing ability | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Olfaction test | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| METABOLISM | ||||
| Oral glucose tolerance test | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BIOSAMPLING | ||||
| Plasma | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Serum | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dried Blood Spots | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Urine | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Genetic material | Saliva | Buffy coat | Buffy coat | Buffy coat |
a
Measurement was only performed in Freising, Germany (all children, young adults, middle-agers and 54 seniors).