GECKO Drenthe

The Groningen Expert Center for Kids with Obesity...

Description

The GECKO Drenthe study is a Dutch population-based birth cohort including children born in 2006 and 2007, designed to study the determinants and development of childhood overweight. Monitoring of the children started from the last trimester of the p...

General Design

Type
Cohort study
Cohort type
Birth cohort
Data collection type
Prospective
Design
Longitudinal
Design description
During the pregnancy: Paternal and maternal data are collected regarding their reproductive and medical history, social structures, lifestyle, diet, and smoking behaviour before and during pregnancy. Clinical data regarding the pregnancy and delivery were collected from obstetricians, midwives, and general practitioners. After birth: The child's birth is the start of collecting more information. The parents have to answer questionnaires about lifestyle, dietary behaviour, physical activity, biological factors, social factors, environmental influences, and illnesses. Youth healthcare practitioners use anthropometry measurements to provide data regarding weight, height, head, hip and waist circumference, and blood pressure. Additional measurements could involve urine samples, blood samples, GWAS, methylation analyses of cord blood, and physical activity measured with accelerometers. For availability at follow-up, see https://www.birthcohorts.net/birthcohorts/birthcohort/?id=138 Partner in the cohort is GGD Drenthe.
Start/End data collection
2006 (ongoing)
PID
https://doi.org/10.34760/5f5b80eb0830f

Population

Countries
Netherlands (the)
Regions
Drenthe
Number of participants
2874
Number of participants with samples
1728
Population age groups
Infant (0-23 months), Child (2-12 years)

Organisations

Lead organisations

Contributors

  • dr. ir.  Eva CorpeleijnUniversity Medical Centre GroningenE.Corpeleijn@umcg.nl

    Principal Investigator

Available Data & Samples

Areas of information

  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Lifestyle and behaviours
  • Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
  • Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
  • Medication and supplements
  • Death
  • Physical measures and assessments
  • Laboratory measures
  • Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
  • Preschool, school and work life
  • Social environment and relationships
  • Physical environment
  • Administrative information

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Networks

Part of networks...

Access conditions

Data are available upon request....

Data access conditions
health or medical or biomedical research
Data use conditions
  • publication required
  • collaboration required
  • time limit on use
  • user specific restriction
  • project specific restriction
  • return to database or resource
  • clinical care use
Data access fee
true
Release type
Periodically