Following middle-aged and older adults in China to study osteoporosis
Tracks bone health and osteoporosis in older adults in China.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Multicenter Cohort Study on Osteoporosis
Key facts
- Where
- Beijing, Changchun, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, ChinaSee the 12 sites
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The study is looking for middle-aged and older people who live permanently in nine Chinese cities. Women aged 45 to 79 and men aged 50 to 79 can join.
- Age
- Women 45 to 79 years; men 50 to 79 years.
- Sex
- Women and men can join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Severe mental diseases, physical diseases or acute infectious diseases that make it impossible to cooperate with the survey
- Lactating women
- Pregnant women
Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 45 and 79 years old?
Source: NCT02958020, who can take part
Where in China
- Dongzhimen Hospital, BeijingBeijing, ChinaTaking people
- Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing, ChinaTaking people
- Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChangchun, ChinaTaking people
- First People's Hospital of Nankang District, Ganzhou CityGanzhou, ChinaTaking people
- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineGuangzhou, ChinaTaking people
- Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Co., Ltd.Guangzhou, ChinaTaking people
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese MedicineGuangzhou, ChinaTaking people
- Shandong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineJinan, ChinaTaking people
- Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineKunming, ChinaNot yet recruiting
- Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineLanzhou, ChinaTaking people
- Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of TCMShanghai, ChinaTaking people
- Shenzhen Pingle Orthopedic HospitalShenzhen, ChinaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Trial code
- NCT02958020
- Record updated
- 23 September 2021
- Original description
This is a multicenter cohort study on osteoporosis in nine cities of China which locate in the east, south, north, west, middle of China. At least 3000 middle-aged and elderly permanent residents (women aged from 45 to 79, and men aged from 50 to 79) in every city will be enrolled. Residents with severe mental diseases, physical diseases or acute infectious diseases who could not cooperate with the survey as well as lactating or pregnant women were excluded. All the enrolled residents who signed informed consent will finish questionnaire including demographic characteristics, history of smoking, alcohol drinking, falls and fracture, family genetic history, chronic diseases and medicine,diary and physical practice，stool and urine status. Osteoporosis risk, health status, constitution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM),symptoms of kidney yang deficiency in TCM，living environment,sweating status will be evaluated. Fasting blood glucose test and other blood tests for liver and kidney function,bone metabolism，vitamins，vitamin D metabolism and transportation as well as calcium and phosphate metabolism, will be performed. Bone mineral density and physical examinations (height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference,grip,sit-to-stand test, tongue coating and pulse) will also be performed at enrollment and every two years after enrollment. DNA of blood cells will be preserved for specific study such as SNP analyses.Tongue coating and feces will be preserved for microflora analyses.Read full original descriptionShow less
Multicenter Cohort Study on Osteoporosis in the Middle-aged and Elderly People in Shanghai, China
This is a multicenter cohort study on osteoporosis in nine cities of China which locate in the east, south, north, west, middle of China. At least 3000 middle-aged and elderly permanent residents (women aged from 45 to 79, and men aged from 50 to 79) in every city will be enrolled. Residents with severe mental diseases, physical diseases or acute infectious diseases who could not cooperate with the survey as well as lactating or pregnant women were excluded. All the enrolled residents who signed informed consent will finish questionnaire including demographic characteristics, history of smoking, alcohol drinking, falls and fracture, family genetic history, chronic diseases and medicine,diary and physical practice，stool and urine status. Osteoporosis risk, health status, constitution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM),symptoms of kidney yang deficiency in TCM，living environment,sweating status will be evaluated. Fasting blood glucose test and other blood tests for liver and kidney function,bone metabolism，vitamins，vitamin D metabolism and transportation as well as calcium and phosphate metabolism, will be performed. Bone mineral density and physical examinations (height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference,grip,sit-to-stand test, tongue coating and pulse) will also be performed at enrollment and every two years after enrollment. DNA of blood cells will be preserved for specific study such as SNP analyses.Tongue coating and feces will be preserved for microflora analyses.
Inclusion: permanent residents; women aged from 45 to 79, and men aged from 50 to 79.
Exclusion: severe mental diseases, physical diseases or acute infectious diseases who could not cooperate with the survey; lactating or pregnant women.