Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study (KOMCHS)
KOMCHS investigates risk and preventative factors in the course and outcome of child and maternal health problems. The study recruited pregnant women aged 18 and older from Obstetric clinics in Fukuoka (福岡県), Kumamoto (熊本県), Nagasaki (長崎県), Ōita (大分県), Saga (佐賀県), Kagoshima (鹿児島県), Miyazaki (宮崎県) and Okinawa (沖縄県) prefectures in southern Japan. Over 17,000 pregnant women between 5 and 39 weeks gestation completed the baseline data collection. Over 1,500 children were included in the first post-natal data collection sweep.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
1,757 (pregnant women)
1,590 (children)
Age at first data collection
≥ 18 years (pregnant women)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (pregnant women)
2007 - 2008 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
Fukuoka University (福岡大学)
University of Tokyo (東京大学, UTokyo)
University of the Ryukyus (琉球大学, 琉大)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Food Science Institute Foundation ( 糧食ー研究会)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Meiji Co., Ltd. (株式会社明治)
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (厚生労働省, MHLW)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – phone
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
