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DNBC - Danish National Birth Cohort / Better Health in Generations


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Investigators Contacts
  • Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
    University of Copenhagen
  • Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
    University of Copenhagen
  • Inger Kristine Meder
    Statens Serum Institut

Overview

Acronym
DNBC
Start Year
1996
Follow Up Is Ongoing
Year of Most Recent Data Collection
2014
New Data Collection planned?
No

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
5
Number of very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) births included in cohort (live & still births)
96834
Supplementary information about number of participants
Number of live born children 96834.

Marker Paper

Olsen J, Melbye M, Olsen SF, Sorensen TI, Aaby P, Andersen AM, Taxbol D, Hansen KD, Juhl M, Schow TB, Sorensen HT, Andresen J, Mortensen EL, Olesen AW, Sondergaard C. The Danish National Birth Cohort--its background, structure and aim. Scand J Public Health. 2001;29(4):300-7.

PUBMED 11775787

Timeline

DNBC Cohort

Selection Criteria
Countries
  • Denmark
Geographical Area
All counties in Denmark
VPT/VLBW Group Inclusion Criteria
As DNBC is a pregnancy and child cohort there is no predefined index or control group. However, it is possible to define an index group (e.g. based on gestational age and/or birthweight).
Control Group Inclusion Criteria
As DNBC is a pregnancy and child cohort there is no predefined index or control group. However, it is possible to define an index group (e.g. based on gestational age and/or birthweight).
VPT/VLBW Group Exclusion Criteria
Women who could not speak Danish well enough to participate in a telephone interview.
Control Group Exclusion Criteria
Women who could not speak Danish well enough to participate in a telephone interview.
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 Perinatal Assessment 1996 2002-10
1 6 Month Follow Up 1996 2002
2 18 Month Follow Up 1997 2003
3 7 Year Follow Up 2005-11 2010-07
4 11 Year Follow Up 2010-07 2014-08