The Generation R Study: design and cohort update 2017

Auteur(s) :
Duijts L., Tiemeier H., Rivadeneira F., Raat H., Van Duijn C., Kooijman MN., Kruithof CJ., Franco OH., van IJzendoorn MH., de Jongste JC., Klaver CCW., van der Lugt A., Mackenbach JP., Moll HA., Peeters RP., Rings EHHM., van der Schroeff MP., Steegers EAP., Uitterlinden AG., Verhulst FC., Wolvius E., Felix JF., Jaddoe VWV.
Date :
Jan, 2017
Source(s) :
#31 p1243-1264
Adresse :
The Generation R Study Group (NA-2915), Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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The Generation R Study is a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until adulthood. The study is designed to identify early environmental and genetic causes and causal pathways leading to normal and abnormal growth, development and health from fetal life, childhood and young adulthood. This multidisciplinary study focuses on several health outcomes including behaviour and cognition, body composition, eye development, growth, hearing, heart and vascular development, infectious disease and immunity, oral health and facial growth, respiratory health, allergy and skin disorders of children and their parents. Main exposures of interest include environmental, endocrine, genomic (genetic, epigenetic, microbiome), lifestyle related, nutritional and socio-demographic determinants. In total, 9778 mothers with a delivery date from April 2002 until January 2006 were enrolled in the study. Response at baseline was 61%, and general follow-up rates until the age of 10 years were around 80%. Data collection in children and their parents
includes questionnaires, interviews, detailed physical and ultrasound examinations, behavioural observations, lung
function, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and biological sampling. Genome and epigenome wide association screens are available. Eventually, results from the Generation R Study contribute to the development of strategies for optimizing health and healthcare for pregnant women and children.

 

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