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Select birth cohorts [PDF]

European Actuarial Journal, 2011
Worldwide demographic changes and their implications for governments, corporations, and individuals have been in the focus of public interest for quite some time due to the fiscal risk related to adequate retirement benefits. Through a more detailed analysis of mortality data an additional type of risk can be identified: differences in mortality ...
MacMinn, Richard, Weber, Frederik
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Cohort profile: the Dutch famine birth cohort (DFBC)— a prospective birth cohort study in the Netherlands [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2021
Purpose The Dutch famine birth cohort study was set up to investigate the effects of acute maternal undernutrition of the 1944–1945 Dutch famine during the specific stages of gestation on later health, with a particular focus on chronic cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, ageing and mental health.
Laura S Bleker, Susanne R de Rooij, Rebecca C Painter, Anita CJ Ravelli, Tessa J Roseboom   +4 more
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Associations of Cord Blood Lipids with Childhood Adiposity at the Age of Three Years: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Metabolites, 2022
We aimed to examine the associations between cord blood lipids and childhood adiposity and to investigate whether these associations vary across birth weight categories (small for gestational age (SGA), appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and large for
Qi-Qing Ye, Shao-Min Kong, Xin Yin, Chang Gao, Min-Shan Lu, Rema Ramakrishnan, Cheng Guo, Wang Yao, Ji-Yuan Zeng, Ya-Shu Kuang, Jin-Hua Lu, Jian-Rong He, Xiu Qiu   +12 more
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Gestational weight gain rates in the first and second trimesters are associated with small for gestational age among underweight women: a prospective birth cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Despite the well-studied effects of gestational weight gain (GWG) on offspring health, little is known about the association of trimester-specific GWG with offspring birth weight among underweight pregnant women.
Xueling Wei, Songying Shen, Peiyuan Huang, Xiong Xiao, Shanshan Lin, Lifang Zhang, Chengrui Wang, Min-Shan Lu, Jinhua Lu, Wing Hung Tam, Chi Chiu Wang, Jian-Rong He, Xiu Qiu   +12 more
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Cohort profile: South Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort (SAABC)—a prospective longitudinal birth cohort [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2021
Purpose The South Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort (SAABC) is a prospective, longitudinal birth cohort established to: (1) estimate Aboriginal child dental disease compared with population estimates; (2) determine the efficacy of an early childhood caries intervention in early versus late infancy; (3) examine ...
Lisa M Jamieson, Joanne Hedges, X Ju, Kostas Kapellas, Cathy Leane, Dandara G Haag, Pedro Ribeiro Santiago, Davi Manzini Macedo, Rachel M Roberts, Lisa G Smithers   +9 more
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Spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitudes to influenza and childhood vaccines

BMC Public Health, 2023
The current study sought to determine whether public perceptions of other vaccines and diseases than COVID-19 have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anna Soveri, Linda C. Karlsson, Jan Antfolk, Otto Mäki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Saara Nolvi, Max Karukivi, Mikael Lindfelt, Stephan Lewandowsky   +9 more
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Pregnancy and birth cohorts in Europe: An overview [PDF]

Journal of Bioanthropology, 2021
A birth cohort study is a form of study that uses expectant mothers and newborn as research subjects. This form of research is suitable for epidemiological studies, which pregnancy and birth cohort studies generally are. Data is collected in order to identify health consequences and overall health outcomes.
Šunić, Iva, Novokmet, Natalija, Šarac, Jelena, Havaš Auguštin, Dubravka, Fuchs, Nives, Mrdjen Hodžić, Rafaela   +5 more
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Increasing trends in incidence of preterm birth among 2.5 million newborns in Guangzhou, China, 2001 to 2016: an age-period-cohort analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The incidence of preterm birth (PTB,
Jinhua Lu, Dongmei Wei, Songying Shen, Xiaoyan Xia, Jianrong He, Yan Sun, Kin Bong Hubert Lam, Wei Bao, Huimin Xia, Xiu Qiu   +9 more
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An Inventory of European Birth Cohorts [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Many birth cohorts have been carried out. We performed a review of European birth cohorts to see the countries involved, provide a panorama of the current research topics and design, and, more generally, provide input for those creating collaborations and laying out guidelines aimed at unifying cohort methodologies to enable data merging and maximize ...
Claudia Pansieri, Chiara Pandolfini, Antonio Clavenna, Imti Choonara, Maurizio Bonati   +4 more
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Correction to: The association of maternal-fetal attachment with smoking and smoking cessation during pregnancy in The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Heidi Jussila, Juho Pelto, Riikka Korja, Eeva Ekholm, Marjukka Pajulo, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson   +6 more
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