ABOUT ACS

The main focus of the AIIMS Cohort Study - ‘A Population Based Prospective Cohort Study to Unravel the Causes of Stroke and Cognitive Decline: A Cross-Cultural Perspective’, is on investigating factors underlying stroke and dementia. In this cohort study, we plan to recruit 7500 “apparently healthy” participants from rural and 7500 from urban population to be followed up over a period of 8 years and possibly more.

AIMS & OBJECTIVE

• To find out the known as well as some new factors which increase the risk of occurrence of stroke (half body paralysis, Lakwa) and of memory problem and other brain related problems.
• To identify a group of apparently healthy people (50 years and above), carry out their health check up and follow them up over several years to detect any health problems (like heart attack, lakwa, memory problems) with increasing age.
• To investigate the prevalence and incidence of and risk factors for stroke and cognitive decline in the elderly.