 Aging is a long term process, starting early in life, and progressively affecting various functions and organs. Cardiovascular diseases and cognitive impairment are two conditions related to advancing age and sharing common risk factors. The Mona Lisa- PREDOR study is a population-based prospective cohort study carried out to develop risk prediction algorithms aimed at identifying people who are the most likely to develop impaired psychometric and cognitive functioning and impaired cardiovascular risk, in the coming years. 