G21 - Generation XXI
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The main objectives of the study are to estimate indicators of maternal and child health and to study the association between parental characteristics and perinatal development and anthropometric and biological parameters of children in their early years. These factors work as risk markers of cardiovascular disease, particularly evidenced by the study of obesity and factors related to child development.
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Overview
- Acronym
- G21
- Start Year
- 2005
- Follow Up Is Ongoing
- Year of Most Recent Data Collection
- 2005
- New Data Collection planned?
- Yes
- Funding
- Generation XXI was supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Internationalization and national funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education and by the Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (EPIUnit) (UIDB/04750/2020), Administração Regional de Saúde Norte (Regional Department of Ministry of Health) and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Access
Access to external researchers or third parties provided or foreseen.
- Data (questionnaire-derived, measured...)
- Biosamples
- Other access
Study Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Number of Data Collection Events
- 1
- Number of very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) births included in cohort (live & still births)
- 8647
Timeline
Generation XXI Population
Generation XXI it’s a birth cohort that, in 2005, embraced the challenge to evaluate and monitor the development of 8,647 newborns. This is a groundbreaking study, the first of its kind to be held in Portugal, aiming to identify pregnancy and childhood characteristics that relate to the development and health in later stages of life. We intend to follow the evolution of several health parameters (social, behavioral, organizational, biological) in order to explore new hypothesis, new problems, that may allow us to understand the influence of prenatal and early life years in the development and health during adolescence and adulthood.
Our goal is to continuously evaluate the growth and health of Portuguese children so that in the future we will be at the forefront of planning intervention strategies in public health.
Selection Criteria
- Countries
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- Portugal
- Geographical Area
- Northern Region
Data Collection Event
This data collection has perinatal information mostly. However it has also information from 48, 84 and 120 months follow-up. Data from biological parents are also included.
- Start Date
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2005-04
- Data sources
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- Questionnaires
- Physical measures