LAUSR

Cohort Profile: The Healthy Aging Longitudinal Study in Taiwan (HALST) Chih-Cheng Hsu, Hsing-Yi Chang, I-Chien Wu, Chu-Chih Chen, Hui-Ju Tsai, Yen-Feng Chiu, Shu-Chun Chuang, Wei-Chi Hsiung, Tsung-Lung Tsai, Wen-Jin Liaw, I-Ching Lin, Shi-Chen Shen, Chung-Chou Juan, Li-Ming Lien, Marion Lee, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Kiang Liu and Chao A Hsiung* Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Cardiology, Hope Doctors Hospital, Miaoli, Taiwan, Puzi Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Yee Zen General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Community Health, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Yuan’s General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA, Molecular Biochemistry and Expression Laboratories, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA and Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA