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The Jiaxing Birth Cohort in China
Sponsor: Zhejiang University
Summary
The Jiaxing Birth Cohort (JBC) is the largest prospective cohort study to explore prenatal risk factors, early life feeding practice and growth pattern/ adiposity in Chinese children.Between 1999 and 2013, 338 413 mother-child pairs were recruited in Jiaxing area in south-east China.Children of the recruited women were followed up at 1-2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age, and subsequently followed up every 6 months to 36 months of age (toddler stage), and every year to 6-7 years of age before they went to school (pre-school stage). Follow-up rate was 70.8% at the toddler stage and 68.9% at the pre-school stage up to June 2013.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
500000
Start Date
1999-01
Completion Date
2029-01
Last Updated
2018-01-23
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
No intervention
Locations (1)
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China