Table 1.
Study | Country | Number, Start Date and Anticipated Length | Research Foci |
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Born in Bradford (BIB) | England | 10,000 children Recruitment began in 2007 20 years |
infant mortality, congenital anomalies and childhood disability, low birth weight, postnatal growth, childhood obesity and insulin resistance, environmental health risks (diet, water and air), renal disease, poverty, ethnicity and health, mental health |
Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study (CHILD) | Canada | 5,000 families Recruitment began in 2008 At least six years, likely longer |
investigate the roles of indoor and outdoor environmental exposures, infections, nutrition, genetics and psychosocial factors in the development of allergic diseases, including food allergies, eczema, allergic rhinitis and asthma |
Copenhagen Prospective Study on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) | Denmark | 411 children Recruitment began in 1998 |
Clinical outcomes comprise pre-asthma, asthma, non topic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, allergy, lung function and bronchial responsiveness |
Generation R | Netherlands | 9778 mothers and their children Recruitment began in 2001 Until adulthood |
Growth, development and health from early fetal life onwards to adulthood; physical and mental outcomes, environmental and genetic outcomes |
Etude Longitudinale Française depuis l'Enfance (ELFE) | France | 20,000 Recruitment to begin in 2010 (pilot study completed) At least 20 years |
Childhood development and impact of various factors (e.g. family structure, social and physical environment, education, nutrition) on physical, psychological and social outcomes to adulthood |
National Children's Study | United States | 100,000 children Recruitment began in 2009 Will follow from birth to age 21 |
Influence of environmental and genetic interactions on child health and development |