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NUS Women

Overview

To promote healthy ageing and longevity for Asian women with a focus on modifiable lifestyle factors, to achieve not only a longer lifespan but, importantly, a life of high quality, with delayed onset of age-related diseases

Goals

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To identify modifiable risk factors for healthy ageing and longevity

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To implement intervention programs that will help women achieve healthy ageing and improve their quality of life

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To implement educational and health advocacy programs to encourage and guide Asian women on how to age gracefully (i.e., to live a good and long life while delaying the onset of age-related diseases)

Selected Publications

Abdominal obesity and the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: sixteen years of follow-up in US women
Genetic variants, plasma lipoprotein(a) levels, and risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among two prospective cohorts of type 2 diabetes
Long-term mortality in women with pregnancy loss and modification by race/ethnicity
Placental characteristics and risks of maternal mortality 50 years after delivery