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Duisburg Birth Cohort Study
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The Duisburg Birth Cohort Study investigates the long-term impacts of prenatal exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) towards the development of children and adolescents. Beginning in 2000, the study includes over 200 mother-child pairs from the southern part of Duisburg city in Germany. The participants in the study were followed up at multiple time points, including at ages 12, 18, and 24 months, and annually from the age of 6-7 years until the children were 11 years old. The most recent follow-up was conducted between 2017 and 2018, when the adolescents were between 15 and 17 years old.

Study design
Cohort - birth

Number of participants at first data collection

234 (mothers)

234 (infants)

Age at first data collection

18 - 42 years (mothers)

Birth (infants)

Participant year of birth

Varied (mothers)

2000 - 2002 (infants)

Participant sex
All

Representative sample at baseline?
No

Sample features

Mother and child dyad
Pregnant people
Dataset details

Country

Germany

Year of first data collection

2000

Primary Institutions

Ruhr University Bochum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Links

birthcohorts.net/birthcohorts/birthcohort/

gen-psych.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gepsy/research/duisburg_birth_cohort_study.html

Funders

German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt)

North Rhine-Westphalian State Agency for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection (Landesumweltamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, NRWG)

Ongoing?
Yes

Data types collected

mentalHealthData
Quantitative data collection
  • Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
  • Interview – face-to-face
  • Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
  • Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
Qualitative data collection
  • None
Neuroimaging data collection
  • None
Linked or secondary data
  • None
Features

Engagement

  • None
  • Keywords

    Anthropometry
    Biological samples/biospecimens
    Early-life determinants
    Endocrine disruptors
    Environmental exposures
    Fetal exposure
    Health and wellbeing
    Human development
    Neurodevelopment
    Pollution
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