POLA - Longitudinal Study on Age-Related Eye Diseases 
Head :
Delcourt Cécile, Centre de Recherche Inserm U897 "Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques"
Last update : 09/05/2017 | Version : 3 | ID : 4969
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Longitudinal Study on Age-Related Eye Diseases |
| Sign or acronym | POLA |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Ophthalmology |
| Health determinants |
Nutrition |
| Keywords | antioxidants |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Delcourt |
| Surname | Cécile |
| Address | Inserm U897- ISPED- 146 rue Léo Saignat - 33076 Bordeaux Cedex |
| cecile.delcourt@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr | |
| Unit | Centre de Recherche Inserm U897 "Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques" |
| Organization | INSERM |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Mixed |
| Details | Inserm, Fondation de France, Medical Research Foundation, Languedoc-Roussillon Region, Retina-France Association, Rhône Poulenc, Essilor, Specia, Centre for Nutritional Research and Studies (CERIN) |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | INSERM |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Longitudinal study (except cohorts) |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A selection of health institutions and services |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective | To investigate risk factors of age-related eye diseases (Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), cataracts) |
| Inclusion criteria | Elderly people over 60 years of age living in Sète (Hérault) |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Elderly (65 to 79 years) Great age (80 years and more) |
| Population covered |
General population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
Local |
| French regions covered by the database |
Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées |
| Detail of the geography area | Sète |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 1995 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2003 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 2584 |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data Declarative data Biological data |
| Clinical data (detail) |
Medical registration |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Paper self-questionnaire Face to face interview |
| Biological data (detail) | Blood lipids, glucose, vitamins A, C and E, anti-oxidant enzymes, inflammation parameters, renal function |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Health event/mortality Quality of life/health perception |
| Procedures | |
| Participant monitoring |
Yes |
| Details on monitoring of participants | Follow-up over 3 years |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/search/index/?qa[text][]=pola&qa[auth_t][]=delcourt&submit_advanced=Rechercher |
| Description | List of publications in HAL |
| Link to the document | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Delcourt+C[author]+AND+pola |
| Description | List of publications in Pubmed |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | By request to scientist in charge |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
