Kaunas Cohort Study
The Kaunas cohort study is a prospective cohort study of over 4,000 pregnant women living in Kaunas city, Lithuania between 2007 and 2009. Participants were invited to join the cohort on their first visit to a general practitioner, with a first interview conducted during the first pregnancy trimester. Pregnancy outcomes regarding infants were also obtained from medical records and birth certificates.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
4,161 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
Vytautas Magnus University (Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, VMU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Union (EU)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
