The Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) is a multicenter cohort study investigating risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Ligia G Fedeli authored a paper detailing the strategies for collection, processing, transportation, and quality control of blood and urine tests within this study. The central laboratory at the Universidade de São Paulo Hospital performed approximately 375,000 tests.
Use Cases
- Optimizing sample transport logistics based on centralized laboratory processing
- Analyzing cost reduction strategies based on local pre-processing of biological samples
- Evaluating quality control protocols for blood and urine tests in longitudinal studies
- Studying operational workflows for handling stored leukocyte DNA, urine, plasma, and serum samples
Strengths
- Central laboratory performed approximately 375,000 tests
- Paper describes specific strategies for collection, processing, transportation, and quality control
- Study includes tests for diabetes, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, electrolyte abnormalities, thyroid hormones, uric acid, hepatic enzymes, inflammation, and total blood cell count
Limitations
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Provenance
- Source
- Ligia G Fedeli
- Collection Method
- Strategies described for a multicenter cohort study
- Geography
- Brazil