Nordic Children and Adults Born Preterm (NORDCAP)
The NORDCAP project studies how preterm birth and maternal pregnancy disorders predict offspring health, well-being, and societal achievements of the offspring from childhood to adulthood. The NORDCAP study population includes all births in Finland during 1987-2023, with approximately 2,100,000 children identified. Also included in NORDCAP is a study of individuals born in Finland from 1987-1990. All participants were identified from the Finnish Medical Birth Register. Both studies use only register-based information.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
~2,100,000 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1987 - 2023 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1987
Primary Institutions
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, THL)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Academy of Finland
Alli Paasikivi Foundation (Alli Paasikiven Säätiö)
Diabetes Research Foundation (Diabetestutkimussäätiö)
Emil Aaltonen Foundation (Emil Aaltosen Säätiö)
European Commission
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Employer data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
- Social care data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
