Mother-Child cohort in Crete
Initiatives
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1. to characterize nutritional, environmental, and psychosocial determinants of children's growth and development;
2. to examine:
* growth and physical development;
* behavioral, cognitive, and sociο-emotional development;
* allergies and asthma in childhood;
* genotoxicity;
3. to evaluate mother’s health during and after pregnancy;
4. to evaluate genetic susceptibility for common disorders in childhood and the interactions between genetic and environmental factors affecting child health.
- Start Year
- 2006
- End Year
- 2017
- Funding
- European Union H2020 (LIFECYCLE), FP7 (HELIX, CHICOS, EnviroGenomarkers, ENRIECO, ESCAPE) and FP6 (HiWate, NewGeneris) programmes. The National Strategic Reference Framework (ESPA) 2007–13, the General Secretariat for Research and Technology in Greece and the Research Committee of the University of Crete, Greece.
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/mother-child-study-in-crete-the-rhea-study
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- At 8–10 weeks after giving birth, mothers were approached by phone. Subsequently, we completed in-person clinical visits with mothers and children during infancy (median ages 9 and 18 months), early childhood (median 4.2 years) and mid-childhood (median 6.5 years).
- Supplementary Information
Marker Paper
Chatzi L, Leventakou V, Vafeiadi M, et al. Cohort Profile: The Mother-Child Cohort in Crete, Greece (Rhea Study). Int J Epidemiol. 2017;46(5):1392-1393k. doi:10.1093/ije/dyx084
PUBMED 29040580
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
- Other : Pregnant women and their newborns.
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,610
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : http://www.rhea.gr/