TRansgenerational Assessment of Children’s Environmental Risk (TRACER)
The TRACER study aimed to examine the influence of ongoing environmental exposures (including physical, chemical, and psychosocial factors) on early-life programming of chronic disease risk. Almost 2,500 pregnant women were recruited from public and private health clinics across Kuwait. Baseline data were collected at antenatal visits early in the women’s pregnancy from 2012 to 2015. Information about over 2,200 children was collected following birth, and mother-child dyads were followed up until the child was 3 years old.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Biobank
Number of participants at first data collection
2,478 (mothers)
2,245 (children)
Age at first data collection
18 - 45 years (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
2012 - 2015 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012
Primary Institutions
Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI)
Ministry of Health - Kuwait
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI)
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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