Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
MoBa is a prospective population-based birth cohort study that aims to investigate the causes of serious diseases, including environmental and genetic factors. The study includes around 285,000 participants recruited from across Norway from 1999-2008, with data collection beginning at the 17th week of pregnancy. Follow-ups were conducted at weeks 22 and 30. Further follow-ups occurred when the child was 6 months, 18 months, 3 years, 5 years, 8 years, and 13 years old. Additionally, linkage data are integrated into the MoBa database.
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Biobank, Cohort - birth, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
95,369 (mothers)
75,618 (fathers)
114,622 (children)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Participant year of birth
1999 - 2009 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1999
Primary Institutions
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen, UiB)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Union (EU)
Ministry of Education and Research
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- 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
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
