First Thousand Days of Life Study (FTDL)
The FTDL study was established as a prospective cohort study of families (child, mother, father) to investigate genomic influences on child health outcomes. Between 2012 and 2019, over 5,000 mother-father-child triads were recruited during the mothers' prenatal care period at 26 weeks’ gestation. The mothers and fathers were aged 18 years or older and planning delivery with the Inova Health System in Falls Church, Virginia, in the United States of America. Mothers participated in longitudinal surveys for 24 months. Between 2016 and 2021, 1,400 mothers and their children participated in the national ECHO Program.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
~ 5,000 (families)
Age at first data collection
≥ 18 years (mothers)
≥ 18 years (fathers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012
Primary Institutions
George Mason University
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
