Childhood Asthma Study (CAS)

Sample details

CAS is a prospective birth cohort study that investigated the environmental determinants of childhood allergies and asthma. The cohort included 835 healthy, full-term infants born between 1987 and 1989 to women living in an area of northern, suburban Detroit, United States. The children were followed up annually until age 6-7 years, and a further follow-up was conducted at age 18.

Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort

Number of participants at first data collection

835 (children)

835 (mothers)

Age at first data collection

Birth (children)

≥18 years (mothers)

Participant year of birth

1987 - 1989 (children)

Varied (mothers)

Participant sex
All

Representative sample at baseline?
No

Sample features

Children and young people

Suburban populations

Dataset details

Country

United States of America

Year of first data collection

1987

Primary Institutions

Henry Ford Health

Links

henryford.com/hcp/research/clinical-research/allergy/childhood

reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7448454

doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1088-9

Profile paper DOI

doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.8.963

Funders

Blue Cross Foundation

Henry Ford Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ongoing?
No

Data types collected

Quantitative data collection

Interview – face-to-face
Interview – phone
Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
Secondary data

Qualitative data collection