Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental hazards. The ATHLETE project will measure a wide range of environmental exposures (urban, chemical, lifestyle and social risk factors) during pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence. The project will then link this “early-life exposome” to children’s biological responses and cardiometabolic, respiratory, and mental health. The results will help us to better understand and prevent health damage from environmental agents from the earliest parts of the life course onward.
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The Generation XXI cohort
Description
The Generation XXI cohort aims to identify characteristics of pregnancy and childhood that are related to development and health status in the subsequent stages of life. The study has been following over 8,600 participants born in public maternity hospitals of the Metropolitan Area of Porto, Portugal since 2005. Starting from an initial assessment at birth, the participants were then assessed at 6, 15 and 24 months, and at 4, 7, 10 and 13 years of age. At baseline, mothers had an average age of 29.7 years and 11 years of education. At age 4 years, most of the children (around 90%) had none or one sibling living with them, almost 90% lived with both parents and more than 90% were with a nanny or in a kindergarten.
General Design
- Type
- Cohort study
- Cohort type
- Population cohort, Birth cohort
- Design
- Longitudinal
- Start/End data collection
- 2005 until 2025
Population
- Continents
- Europe
- Countries
- Portugal
- Number of participants
- 8647
- Population age groups
- Newborn (0-1 months), Child (2-12 years), Adolescent (13-17 years)
Organisations
Lead organisations
- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do PortoPortugalhttps://www.i3s.up.pt
Contributors
- G21 General contactgenerationxxi@ispup.up.pt
- Susana Santossusana.m.santos@ispup.up.pt
Available Data & Samples
Areas of information
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Socio-economic capital
- Age/birthdate
- Sex/gender
- Education
- Ethnicity, race and religion
- Income, possessions, and benefits
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Nutrition
- Breastfeeding
- Sleep
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Pregnancy, delivery and birth
- Birth outcomes
- Family Health History
- Parental diseases
Data dictionaries
Tables
Tables and their description
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Variables
Variables and their description
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Collection events
List of collection events defined for this resource
| Name | Description | Participants | Start end year | |
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Networks
Part of networks