Born and Bred in Network Meta-Cohort (BaBi)
The BaBi Network Meta-Cohort is a a multi-site cohort study of local electronic cohorts across Leeds, Doncaster, Wakefield, and East London in England. BaBi sites invite pregnant women to join the project and join together routinely collected data about them and their baby. As of March 2024, 32,540 participants are enrolled in the BaBi network.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
12,038 (mothers and babies recruited between 2019 and 2022)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (babies)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (babies)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2019
Primary Institutions
Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
National Institute for Health Research Yorkshire and Humber
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
