INUENDO birth cohort: Biopersistent organochlorines in diet and human fertility (INUENDO)
The INUENDO project investigated the impact of environmental contaminants on human reproductive health and development in a cohort of mother–child pairs from Greenland, Poland and Ukraine. Between 2002 and 2004, pregnant women and their male spouses were recruited into the study during routine antenatal care visits in Greenland, Kharkiv (Ukraine), and Warsaw (Poland). At baseline, 567 women in Greenland; 612 in Ukraine; and 258 in Poland were interviewed and provided biospecimens along with around 200 male spouses in each region. In 2010-2012, a total of 1,117 mother-child pairs from the INUENDO cohort were followed up within the CLEAR (Climate Change, Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive health) project.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
1,117 (children)
1,441 (mothers)
Age at first data collection
≥ 18 years (mothers)
5 - 9 years (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
Aarhus University Hospital (Aarhus Universitetshospital, AUH)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Commission
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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