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Maternal reports of morbidity during the index ALSPAC pregnancy [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Within the ALSPAC (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) resource, information concerning the health of the mother during pregnancy is available from three sources: (i) computerised data collected by midwives after the birth of the baby, known
Kate Northstone +4 more
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Gestation at completion of prenatal questionnaires in ALSPAC [PDF]
Enrolling a cohort in pregnancy can be methodologically difficult in terms of structuring data collection. For example, some exposures of interest may be time-critical while other (often retrospective) data can be collected at any point during pregnancy.
Yasmin Iles-Caven +2 more
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Determinants of Intima-Media Thickness in the Young: The ALSPAC Study. [PDF]
This study characterized the determinants of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in a large (n > 4,000) longitudinal cohort of healthy young people age 9 to 21 years.Greater cIMT is commonly used in the young as a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, but its evolution at this age is still poorly understood.Associations between cardiovascular risk ...
Chiesa, Scott T. +15 more
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Inflammation proteomics datasets in the ALSPAC cohort
Proteomics is the identification, detection and quantification of proteins within a biological sample. The complete set of proteins expressed by an organism is known as the proteome. The availability of new high-throughput proteomic technologies, such as Olink Proteomic Proximity Extension Assay (PEA) technology has enabled ...
Neil Goulding +9 more
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ALSPAC parents’ descriptions of childhood stresses in their parents and grandparents [PDF]
Background: There is evidence that childhood stresses or traumas influence individuals’ descendants’ health and wellbeing through epigenetic mechanisms. However, few longitudinal studies have details of such ancestral data.
Karen Birmingham +2 more
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Cognitive functioning in anxiety and depression: Results from the ALSPAC cohort [PDF]
Abstract Background Understanding the nature of cognitive deficits in anxiety and depression may identify intervention targets and help prevent functional decline. This study used observational and genetic methods to investigate the association of anxiety and depression with emotion recognition ...
Steph Suddell +5 more
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ALSPAC Mercury Study and Fish Consumers [PDF]
Golding et al. (2013) described regression analysis of dietary contributions to maternal blood mercury levels, nested within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Fish intake explained only about 7% of the variance in blood mercury, leading them to conclude somewhat cautiously that “limiting seafood intake during pregnancy may ...
Gochfeld, Michael +4 more
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The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based cohort study which recruited pregnant women in 1990-1992 from the Bristol area (UK).
Daniel Smith +9 more
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Defining ‘sensitive’ health status: a systematic approach using health code terminologies.
Objectives “Clearly, details about an individual’s mental health, for example, are generally much more ‘sensitive’ than whether they have a broken leg.” UK Information Commissioners Office There is a perceived wisdom – based on issues such as ...
Andy Boyd +4 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of autistic spectrum disorders in the ALSPAC cohort [PDF]
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) within a large representative population sample: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Cases of ASD were identified from the clinical notes of children in the ALSPAC with a suspected developmental disorder and from the Pupil Level Annual ...
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