Isle of Wight Birth Cohort (IOWBC)
The IOWBC is a longitudinal study of asthma and allergic disease. The study recruited over 1,400 children born between January 1989 and February 1990 on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, and their mothers. Participants have been assessed at birth and ages 1, 2, 4, 10, 18 and 26 years, with plans to assess participants at age 34 years.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
1,456 (mother-child dyads)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
1989 - 1990 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Children born on the Isle of Wight (United Kingdom) between January 1989 and February 1990.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1989
Primary Institutions
David Hide Asthma & Allergy Research Centre
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Asthma + Lung UK
David Hide Asthma & Allergy Research Trust
Isle of Wight Council
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
