Life-style factors on the Development of the Immune System and Allergies in East and West Germany (LISA)
LISA investigates how lifestyle factors affect immune system development and allergies in children in Germany. Participants were recruited from maternity wards in Munich, Leipzig, Wesel, and Bad Honnef between November 1997 and January 1999. At baseline, over 3,000 infants were included in the cohort. Participants have been followed up at specific intervals: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 6, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years of age.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
3,097 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1997 - 1999 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Evangelical Hospital Düsseldorf (Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf)
Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (Leibniz-Institut für umweltmedizinische Forschung, IUF)
Marien-Hospital Wesel
University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Union (EU)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Helmholtz Association (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren)
Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (Leibniz-Institut für umweltmedizinische Forschung, IUF)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
