Cohort
Domain : Involvement in research
Category : My daily life
Simplified definition
A group of people who share common traits, such as age or sex, and are chosen to participate to a study that aims at collecting information on the onset and evolution of a disease by following them up over a certain period.
Source: Houria Aiouaz, for Alzheimer Foundation
Referenced definition
“A group of individuals having a statistical factor (such as age or class membership) in common [ill or not], in a demographic study.”
Source: Merriam-Webster. Cohort. [Internet]. [cited on Sept 7, 2022].
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