The UConn Pepper Center is looking for volunteers to participate in a new research study looking at the effects frailty and late life vulnerability and how they correlate with successful aging, frailty and sarcopenic obesity. Sarcopenic obesity is a medical condition which is defined as the presence of both sarcopenia (loss of muscle) and obesity. This study is called “The Heterogeneity of Vulnerabilities in Aging (HVAC) Cohort: A new resource for early biomarker discovery and validation.”
What is the purpose of the study?
This study hopes to help better understand what causes frailty and late life vulnerability and how they relate to successful aging, frailty and sarcopenic obesity, a medical condition in which there is presence of both sarcopenia (loss of muscle) and obesity.
Who is eligible to participate?
- Healthy young adult aged 22 to 40 years old
- Older adult age 65 years or older
What is involved?
- All Participants will have a total of 3 visits at UConn Health - Center of Aging Participation over the course of 2 months. Each study visit will last approximately two to three hours.
- All Participants will be asked to provide blood samples, complete questionnaires about health history and medication history. Height and weight will be measured, blood, urine, skin swab, nasal swabs, saliva, and stool samples will be collected, ultrasound, bone density, and physical performance measures will be collected.
Is compensation available?
- Yes. Participants may receive up to $150 total for the study, receiving payments of $50 at completion of the in-person visits.
If you have questions or are interested in participating, please call the UConn Center on Aging at 860-679-3043 to learn more. If you are not eligible to participate but know someone who might be, please share this letter with him/her on my behalf.
Study IRB#: 22-326S-1, Principal Investigator, Dr. George Kuchel
For more information, contact: Dr. George Kuchel at 860-679-3043