Mapping the Health Status of the Population of French Polynesia: the MATAEA Project

Mapping the Health Status of the Population of French Polynesia: the MATAEA Project

This is a cross-sectional study carried out on a sample of the adult population aged 18 to 69, distributed over the five archipelagos of French Polynesia.

Participation in the study involves: agreement to answer a questionnaire to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle habits and medical history; physical measurements (height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure and skin pigmentation); and agreement to take biological samples (blood, saliva and stool) for biological, genetic and microbiological analyses.

The aim of the study is to assess the current health status of the population of French Polynesia and to evaluate the influence of contextual risk factors (lifestyle, place of residence, history of infection) and intrinsic susceptibility factors (genetics, age, gender, microbiota) in relation to non-communicable and infectious diseases.

Inclusion Criteria:

• be aged 18 or over and under 70 on the date of recruitment
• having signed the consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Minors
• Pregnant or parturient women, and nursing mothers
• Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision
• Adults who are the subject of a legal protection measure or who are unable to express their consent
• People undergoing psychiatric care
• Individuals who are not affiliated to a social security scheme or beneficiaries of such a scheme
• Homeless people
• Disabled people (unable to move)
• People unable to answer the questionnaire