South Asian Birth Cohort
Initiatives
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The specific study objectives are to determine:
1. If there are differences in birth weight and adiposity comparing South Asian to white Caucasian newborns in Ontario.
2. The antenatal maternal factors and pregnancy factors which are associated with the newborn’s adiposity at birth.
3. The association between early feeding practices on post-natal growth & adiposity at 1 and 3 years after birth.
4. The association between maternal micronutrient status & newborn’s adiposity and insulin resistance at birth and 3 years.
5. The relative contribution of selected candidate genes & epigenetic markers using DNA (and placenta) collected from mothers and newborns to adiposity at birth and adiposity accumulation in the growing offspring to 3 years.
- Start Year
- 2011
- Funding
- Some of the sponsors are McMaster University, CIHT IRSC, Population Health Research Institute, !ndigo
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Pregnant mothers will be recruited during the first antenatal visit (between 24-27 weeks) and will undergo a brief health assessment including completion of a questionnaire, physical measurements (i.e. weight, height, waist and hip circumference, and blood pressure), oral glucose tolerance test, and a blood sample.After delivery, the mother-baby dyad will be followed at regular intervals of time via telephone and/or email as well as an annual in person visit for 3 years.
Marker Paper
Anand S.S., Vasudevan A., Gupta M., Morrison K., Kurpad A., Teo K.K., Srinivasan K., The START Cohort Study Investigators. 2013. Rationale and design of South Asian Birth Cohort (START): a Canada-India collaborative study. BMC Public Health; 13(1):79.
PUBMED 23356884
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 1,500
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- South Asian pregnant mothers and their babies from 3 hospitals in the Peel Region and an additional 500 pregnant mothers and their babies from an urban and a rural centre in India.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : http://www.southasianbirthcohort.com/Home