ENVIRonmental influence ON early AGEing (ENVIRONAGE)
ENVIRONAGE is a longitudinal birth cohort study collecting in-depth molecular measures, environmental exposures, and clinical phenotyping from over 2,000 children born in the province of Limburg in Belgium. From February 2010 onward, mother-newborn pairs are invited to the study when they arrive for delivery at the East-Limburg Hospital in Genk, Belgium. Mothers without a planned caesarean section and who are able to fill out a Dutch-language questionnaire are eligible for the cohort. The average age of mothers in the cohort is 29.4 years. Children are first assessed at birth and followed up at ages 4–6 and pre-adolescence. Among the children, 48.9% were born female.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
131 (mother-child pairs)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The gestational segment of the population in Flanders, Belgium.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2010
Primary Institutions
Hasselt University (Universiteit Hasselt, UHasselt)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Research Council (ERC)
Kom op tegen Kanker
Research Foundation – Flanders (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen, FWO)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
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