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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2021 Mar 24;234:117970. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117970

Table 1.

Participant Study Schedule: Clinical Assessments and Outcome Measures

Screening Visit (One time only)

Assessment Measures

Consent/Assent

Clinical Assessment
 History/Physical Pubertal staging
 K-SADS Confirm no symptoms of psychopathology
 Height/Weight Body Mass Index (BMI)

Parent Questionnaires
 Sociodemographics Race, ethnicity, and home environment
 Developmental History Review birth records and developmental milestones

Child Questionnaires
 Edinburgh Handedness Scale Handedness
 Test of Irregular Word Reading Efficiency Confirm IQ score ≥ 70

Left Hand/Wrist X-Ray Skeletal bone-age

Mock MRI Session Exposure to MRI procedures and environment

Cortisol Sample Collection Instructions
 Saliva salivettes Collect saliva at 0, 30, 45, and 60 min after waking
 24-hour urine Collect urine after first morning void

Supplemental Session 1 (One time only)

Assessment Measures
Venipuncture Collect samples for iPSC and genetic analyses

Child Questionnaires
 Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) Document exposure to stressful events during childhood (Completed at final visit, age 17)
 Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ)

Supplemental Session 2 (Repeated every 3 years)

Assessment Measures
Neuropsychological Tests
 Weschler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Assess IQ and cognitive development
 Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System

Longitudinal Visit (Every 8–10 months)

Assessment Measures

Consent/Assent
Venipuncture (Fasting, Morning) Blood samples to measure gonadal steroids, adrenal androgens, and somatotropic factors

Cortisol Samples
 Saliva salivettes Cortisol awakening response
 24-hour urine 24-hour urinary free cortisol

Clinical Assessment
 History/Physical Pubertal staging
 K-SADS Confirm no symptoms of psychopathology
 Height/Weight Peak height velocity, BMI

Drug Screening Confirm no use of psychotropic substances

Parent and Child Questionnaires Ratings of mood, behavior, and social function

Left Hand/Wrist X-Ray Skeletal bone-age

Anthropometrics Body measurements including skinfold thickness, trunk and limb circumference, waist-to-hip ratio

Dual X-ray Densitometry (DXA) Scan Body composition including fat, lean tissue, and bone mass

Abdominal MRI Visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat distribution

Gonadal MRI Testicular or ovarian volumes

Neuroimaging T1-weighted scan (ME-MPRAGE)
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
T2-weighted scan
Myelin water-fraction (mcDESPOT)
Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
Multi-Echo Resting-state
Resting-state
Impulse Inhibition Task
Reward Task
Working Memory Task
Emotional Faces Task

Supplemental Session 3 (Monthly in girls following menarche)
Assessment Measures
Menstrual Cycle Report Onset and duration of menses

1. See Table 3 for more details on parent and child questionnaires