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ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2026

Community-based health-focused longitudinal aging studies in East and Southeast Asia: landscape and future directions.

Rahul Malhotra, Hanzhang Xu, Haolin Li, Meagan Goh Yijing, Leila Marie Magno, Huashuai Chen, Dararatt Anantanasuwong, Hideki Hashimoto, Zachary Zimmer, Halimah Awang and 7 more

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Review in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Rahul MalhotraCentre for Ageing Research & Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
Hanzhang XuHealth Services Research & Population Health, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
Haolin LiGlobal Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
Meagan Goh YijingCentre for Ageing Research & Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
Leila Marie MagnoUniversity of the Philippines Population Institute, Quezon City, Philippines.
Huashuai ChenBusiness School, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China.
Dararatt AnantanasuwongCenter for Aging Society Research at National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.
Hideki HashimotoDepartment of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Zachary ZimmerDepartment of Aging and Family Science, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada.
Halimah AwangSocial Wellbeing Research Centre, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yaohui ZhaoDong Fureng Institute of Economic and Social Development, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Vivian W Q LouDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wenqian XuDepartment of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Yunhwan LeeDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Lijing L YanGlobal Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
Grace T CruzUniversity of the Philippines Population Institute, Quezon City, Philippines.
Chenkai WuGlobal Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

East and Southeast Asia's (ESEA) rapidly aging population creates an urgent need for comprehensive health data to inform policies promoting healthy aging. However, a synthesis of the region's community-based longitudinal aging studies is lacking. We conducted a systematic search for community-based longitudinal aging studies in ESEA. Studies were included if they followed community-dwelling adults with a mean age of 50+ at baseline, had nationally representative samples or sampled from at least two geographic areas, were health focused, and offered English documentation. We identified 30 eligible studies across 10 countries, regions, or territories, mostly concentrated in Japan, Mainland China, Singapore, and South Korea. While recent studies incorporate biomarkers and performance measurements, significant gaps were found. No eligible studies exist for several countries (e.g., Myanmar, Cambodia, and Indonesia), physical frailty is rarely assessed, data access is inconsistent, and no multi-national studies were identified. Although data infrastructure for longitudinal aging studies exists in ESEA, there are critical gaps in geographic representation, measurement harmonization, and data access. Future efforts must enhance regional coordination, standardize core measures, and improve data-sharing mechanisms to promote and support healthy aging in ESEA.

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East AsiaHealth DataHealthy agingLongitudinal studiesSoutheast Asia

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PMID42221458
PMCPMC13221928

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