Ma’anshan Birth Cohort study (MABC)
The MABC study is a population-based pregnancy and birth cohort of over 3,400 pregnant women and their single-born children in Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, China. Participants were recruited between May 2013 and September 2014 at their first prenatal care visit at the Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Healthcare Center, with data on the new-borns first collected immediately after birth.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
3,474 (pregnant women)
3,273 (children)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
18 - 44 years (pregnant women)
Participant year of birth
Varied (pregnant women)
2013 - 2014 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Hospital (马鞍山市妇幼保健院)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – unspecified
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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