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Pregnancy and birth cohort resources in Europe

Overview of attention for article published in Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, June 2013
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Title
Pregnancy and birth cohort resources in Europe
Published in
Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, June 2013
DOI 10.1111/ppe.12060
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Pernille Stemann Larsen, Mads Kamper-Jørgensen, Ashley Adamson, Henrique Barros, Jens Peter Bonde, Sonia Brescianini, Sinead Brophy, Maribel Casas, Marie-Aline Charles, Graham Devereux, Merete Eggesbø, Maria Pia Fantini, Urs Frey, Ulrike Gehring, Regina Grazuleviciene, Tine Brink Henriksen, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Barbara Heude, Daniel O Hryhorczuk, Hazel Inskip, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Debbie A Lawlor, Johnny Ludvigsson, Cecily Kelleher, Wieland Kiess, Berthold Koletzko, Claudia Elisabeth Kuehni, Inger Kull, Henriette Boye Kyhl, Per Magnus, Isabelle Momas, Dierdre Murray, Juha Pekkanen, Kinga Polanska, Daniela Porta, Gry Poulsen, Lorenzo Richiardi, Nel Roeleveld, Anne Mette Skovgaard, Radim J Sram, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Carel Thijs, Manon Van Eijsden, John Wright, Martine Vrijheid, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

Abstract

During the past 25 years, many pregnancy and birth cohorts have been established. Each cohort provides unique opportunities for examining associations of early-life exposures with child development and health. However, to fully exploit the large amount of available resources and to facilitate cross-cohort collaboration, it is necessary to have accessible information on each cohort and its individual characteristics. The aim of this work was to provide an overview of European pregnancy and birth cohorts registered in a freely accessible database located at http://www.birthcohorts.net. European pregnancy and birth cohorts initiated in 1980 or later with at least 300 mother-child pairs enrolled during pregnancy or at birth, and with postnatal data, were eligible for inclusion. Eligible cohorts were invited to provide information on the data and biological samples collected, as well as the timing of data collection. In total, 70 cohorts were identified. Of these, 56 fulfilled the inclusion criteria encompassing a total of more than 500,000 live-born European children. The cohorts represented 19 countries with the majority of cohorts located in Northern and Western Europe. Some cohorts were general with multiple aims, whilst others focused on specific health or exposure-related research questions. This work demonstrates a great potential for cross-cohort collaboration addressing important aspects of child health. The web site, http://www.birthcohorts.net, proved to be a useful tool for accessing information on European pregnancy and birth cohorts and their characteristics.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 155 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 37 23%
Student > Master 31 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Professor 6 4%
Other 27 17%
Unknown 32 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 52 33%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 7%
Psychology 10 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 6%
Environmental Science 8 5%
Other 24 15%
Unknown 46 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 October 2022.
All research outputs
#4,309,236
of 25,411,814 outputs
Outputs from Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology
#234
of 1,084 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#35,302
of 209,455 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology
#2
of 10 outputs
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