TARGet Kids!
Initiatives
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The aim of the TARGet Kids! registry is to link early life exposures to health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and developmental problems.
- Start Year
- 2008
- Funding
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CAMH Foundation, St. Michael's Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St.Michael's Hospital, Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Physician Services Incorporated, Sickkids Foundation, St.Michael's Hospital Foundation and Thrasher Research Foundation.
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Out of the 5062 enrolled, and of those due for follow-up (i.e. at least 18 months has passed since their last visit), longitudinal data have been collected as follows: 3187 (3187/4149 = 76.8%) have had two or more visits; 1691 (1691/2299 = 73.6%) have had three or more visits; and 628 (628/889 = 70.6%) have had four or more visits. Thus, our retention rate is more than 70%. Attrition in this follow-up rate is due to study withdrawal (reasons given include lack of time and lack of interest) and loss to follow-up as a result of an unknown address or the family having changed physicians or moved away
Marker Paper
Carsley, S., Borkhoff, C. M., Maguire, J. L., Birken, C. S., Khovratovich, M., McCrindle, B., Macarthur, C., Parkin, P. C., & TARGet Kids! Collaboration (2015). Cohort Profile: The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!). International journal of epidemiology, 44(3), 776–788. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu123
PUBMED 24982016
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 5,062
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.targetkids.ca/