Born in Guangzhou Cohort Study (BIGCS)
BIGCS was established to investigate the short- and long-term effects of exposure in early life on health consequences in Guangzhou, China. The study recruited eligible pregnant women of Chinese nationality who lived in Guangzhou (usually around 16 weeks of gestation), their spouses and their children for the first prenatal examination at the two campuses of the Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University. As of April 2016, over 17,000 women were enrolled in the study, with 4,080 partners and 17,214 pregnancies. The study plans to follow-up all cohort children until age 18 years.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
17,214 (pregnancies)
17,050 (mothers)
4,080 (partners)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (babies)
Varied (partners)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (babies)
Varied (partners)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012
Primary Institutions
Guangzhou Medical University (广州医科大学, GZHMU)
Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center (广州市妇女儿童医疗中心)(GWCMC)
University of Birmingham
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology
Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission
Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangzhou Municipality
National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会, NSFC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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