1997-98 São Luis Cohort Study
The 1997-98 São Luis Cohort Study aimed to investigate perinatal and mother and child health in São Luis, Brazil. Beginning in 1997, the study recruited singleton babies born in a hospital in São Luis between 1997 and 1998. Over 2,400 babies were included in the baseline sweep of the study. Data were collected on participants at birth between 1997 and 1998, and at age 8 years between 2005 and 2006.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,448 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1997 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Babies born in 1997 and 1998 in São Luis, Brazil.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo, USP) (Academic, Brazil)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq) (Government, Brazil)
Study and Research Center in Pediatrics of the Department of Pediatrics of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (Third Sector, Brazil)
São Paulo Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, FAPESP) (Research council, Brazil)
Teaching, Research and Assistance Support Foundation (Third Sector, Brazil)
University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (Healthcare/Medical, Brazil)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
