EXamining ouTcomEs in chroNic Disease in the 45 and Up Study (the EXTEND45 Study): Protocol for an Australian Linked Cohort Study

Celine Foote   ^{1, 2} , MBBS, PhD ;   Carinna Hockham   ^{1, 3} , DPhil ;   Louisa Sukkar   ^{1, 4} , MBBS ;   Anna Campain   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Amy Kang   ^{1, 3} , MBBS ;   Tamara Young   ^{1, 3} , MBBS ;   Alan Cass   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Clara K Chow   ^{1, 6, 7} , MBBS, PhD ;   Elizabeth Comino   ⁸ , PhD ;   Martin Gallagher   ^{1, 2, 3, 9} , MBBS, PhD ;   Stephen Jan   ^{1, 3, 9} , PhD ;   John Knight   ^{1, 3} , MBBS ;   Bette Liu   ¹⁰ , MBBS, DPhil ;   Martin McNamara   ¹¹ , PhD ;   David Peiris   ^{1, 3} , MBBS, PhD ;   Carol Pollock   ^{12, 13} , MD, PhD ;   David Sullivan   ^{9, 14} , MD ;   Germaine Wong   ^{4, 15} , MBBS, PhD ;   Sophia Zoungas   ^{1, 16} , MBBS, PhD ;   Kris Rogers   ^{1, 17} , PhD ;   Min Jun   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Meg Jardine   ^{1, 2} , MBBS, PhD

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia

² Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia

³ Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

⁴ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁵ Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

⁶ Westmead Applied Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁷ Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

⁸ Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

⁹ Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

¹⁰ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

¹¹ The Sax Institute, Sydney, Australia

¹² Renal Division, Kolling Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

¹³ University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

¹⁴ Department of Chemical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

¹⁵ Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

¹⁶ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

¹⁷ Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia