The Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) includes assessments and measurements for adults aged 35 years or more. The study features both established clinical assessments and innovative approaches for measuring cardiovascular and liver health. It was described by author José Geraldo Mill and is considered a relevant epidemiology study nationwide and worldwide.
Use Cases
- Predicting cardiovascular outcomes based on pulse wave velocity and heart rate variability measurements.
- Studying subclinical atherosclerosis in a younger cohort (35+) compared to other studies.
- Quantifying nonalcoholic fatty liver disease using ultrasound measurements of liver diameter.
- Evaluating blood pressure response following postural change maneuvers in an epidemiological setting.
Strengths
- Includes a younger cohort (aged 35 years or more) than other studies of subclinical atherosclerosis.
- Features innovative measurement approaches, such as using an automatic device for the ankle-brachial index.
- Contains a variety of assessments, from established clinical tools to potential predictive markers.
Limitations
- Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown.
- For some assessments like pulse wave velocity, reference values for the healthy Brazilian population are not established.
- Last update date and license information are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- paperswithcode
- Collection Method
- Assessments and measurements from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).
- Geography
- Brazil