Individual Study / SBC

Shanghai Birth Cohort Study

Shanghai Birth Cohort Study

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Start Year
2013

Members

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Investigators Contacts
  • Prof. Jun Jim Zhang
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Prof. Jun Jim Zhang
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up

Women are followed-up to 15 months before pregnancy with bimonthly telephone interviews. During pregnancy at each trimester, a follow-up visit is scheduled. The children are followed at 42 days postpartum, and 6, 12 and 24 months.

Supplementary Information

Marker Paper

Zhang J, Tian Y, Wang W, et al,.Cohort profile: the Shanghai Birth Cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 9. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy277.

PUBMED 30629180

Recruitment

Recruitment Target
  • Families

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
4,000
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
4,000

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
0
Maximum age
2
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • China
Territory

Shanghai, China

Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • Specific population
Specific Population
  • Other specific population :

    Babies of the participating mothers

Participants from Existing Studies

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
No Limit
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
No Limit
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 SBC - Birth

During birth, physical measures and biological samples are taken. Charts abstraction summarized the progression of the birth.

2014-10 2017-03
1 SBC - 3-days follow-up

During this follow-up hospital visit, the baby is tested for neonatal diseases. The mother completes a questionnaire about postpartum health, feeding and habits. Physical measures are ...

2014-10 2017-03
2 SBC - 42-days follow-up

During this follow-up hospital visit, the baby is tested for neonatal diseases. The mother completes a questionnaire about postpartum health, feeding and habits. Physical measures are ...

2014-11 2017-04
3 SBC - 6-months follow-up

During the 6-months visit at the hospital, physical measures of the baby are taken. The mother completes a questionnaire about feeding and habits, Ages and Stages questionnaire (ASQ) and ...

2015-05 2017-10
4 SBC - 12-months follow-up

During the 12-months visit at the hospital, physical measures of the baby are taken. The mother completes a questionnaire about feeding, habits, disease history, psychology and ...

2015-11 2018-04
5 SBC - 24-months follow-up

During the 24-months visit at the hospital, physical and cognitive measures (intelligence test) are taken. The mother answers a questionnaire about feeding, habits, ...

2016-11 2019-04
Selection Criteria
Sex
Women
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • China
Territory

Shanghai, China

Ethnic Origin
Health Status
Other Criteria

Women with the desire to become pregnant

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • General population
General Population
  • Volunteer enrolment
Participants from Existing Studies

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
4,000
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
4,000
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 SBC - Preconception

Environmental sampling. Diet, nutrition and environment questionnaires administrated at the hospital and at home.

2013-12 2016-03
1 SBC - Early pregnancy

During early pregnancy (up to 17 weeks) environmental sampling is organized. Diet, nutrition and environment questionnaire administrated at the hospital and at ...

2014-01 2016-04
2 SBC - Mid pregnancy

During mid (22-28 weeks) pregnancy, interviews are administrated at the hospital and biological samples taken.

2014-01 2016-10
3 SBC - Late pregnancy During late (32-36 weeks) pregnancy, interviews are administrated at the hospital and biological samples taken. 2014-04 2016-07
4 SBC - Birth During birth, physical measures and biological samples are taken. Charts abstraction summarized the progression of the birth. 2014-10 2017-03

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Death
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Sleep
Sexual behaviours and orientation
Technological devices
Misbehaviour and criminality
Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Sex/gender
Twin
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Birthplace
Ethnicity, race and religion
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits
Other socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Transportation
Sleep
Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history

Puberty, menstruation, menopause and andropause
Contraception
Pregnancy, delivery and birth
Fertility and sexual health

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Perception of health
Functional limitations

Diseases

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Symptoms related to multiple categories

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake
Posology and protocol of administration

Non-pharmacological interventions

Surgical interventions
Radiological interventions
Educational and health promotion interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations

Death

Vital status
Cause of death

Physical measures and assessments

Anthropometry
Circulation and respiration
Sensory and pain
Skin and subcutaneous tissue
Other physical measures and assessments

Laboratory measures

Hematology
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Virology
Genomics

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Psychological distress and emotions

Preschool, school and work life

Work life

Social environment and relationships

Social participation
Social support

Physical environment

Housing characteristics
Built environment/neighbourhood characteristics
Workplace characteristics
Radiation exposure
Chemical exposure
Biological exposure
Other physical environment characteristics

Administrative information

Identifiers
Date and time-related information
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Physical and cognitive measure and biosample-related information
Other administrative information

Psychological distress and emotions

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale
Perceived Stress Scale
Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale

Physical activity

International Physical Activity Questionnaire

Sleep

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index