Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC)
The DNBC is a population-based pregnancy cohort, following both mothers and infants, to investigate the causal link between exposures in early life and disease later on. Nearly 100,000 women, equivalent to approximately 30% of all births in Denmark, participated in the first of four scheduled interviews during the first or second trimester of pregnancy. The cohort has expanded its initial data collection with several subsequent sweeps of data collection.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
92,892 (pregnancies)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
1996 - 2002 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1996
Primary Institutions
State's Serum Institute (Statens Serum Institut, SSI)
University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet, KU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
BIOMED
Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Danish Pharmaceutical Association
Danish Council for Independent Research (now known as Independent Research Fund Denmark, Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond)
Danish Foundation of the History of Pharmacy (Dansk Farmacihistorisk Fond)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- Census data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
Keywords
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