The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): an update on the enrolled sample of index children in 2019

The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based study. Initial recruitment of pregnant women took place in 1990-1992 and the health and development of the index children from these pregnancies and their family members have been followed ever since. The...

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Published in:Wellcome open research Vol. 4; p. 51
Main Authors: Northstone, Kate, Lewcock, Melanie, Groom, Alix, Boyd, Andy, Macleod, John, Timpson, Nicholas, Wells, Nicholas
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Wellcome Trust Limited 2019
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Wellcome
Subjects:
Age
Children & youth
Clinics
Cohort analysis
Data dictionaries
Data Note
Families & family life
Longitudinal studies
Pregnancy
Proposals
Womens health
birth cohort study
enrolment
ALSPAC
cohort profile
Children of the 90s
ISSN:2398-502X, 2398-502X
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Summary:The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based study. Initial recruitment of pregnant women took place in 1990-1992 and the health and development of the index children from these pregnancies and their family members have been followed ever since. The eligible sampling frame was constructed retrospectively using linked recruitment and health service records. Additional offspring that were eligible to enrol in the study have been welcomed through major recruitment drives at the ages of 7 and 18 years; and through opportunistic contacts since the age of 7. This data note provides a status update on the recruitment of the index children since the age of 7 years with a focus on enrolment since the age of 18, which has not been previously described. A total of 913 additional G1 (the cohort of index children) participants have been enrolled in the study since the age of 7 years with 195 of these joining since the age of 18. This additional enrolment provides a baseline sample of 14,901 G1 participants who were alive at 1 year of age.
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No competing interests were disclosed.
ISSN:2398-502X
2398-502X
DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15132.1